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Chapter 2. - Gifts

Art. 1884Definition. Limitation on Gifts Inter Vivos
Art. 1885Gift Mortis Causa
Art. 1886Endowment and Trust
Art. 1887Gift on the Occasion of Marriage
Art. 1888Gratuitous Services
Art. 1889Renunciation
Art. 1890Imperative Moral Obligations
Art. 1891Reward
Art. 1892Personal Nature of Gift
Art. 1893Promise to Make a Gift
Art. 1894Acceptance by Donee
Art. 1895Donor of Unsound Mind
Art. 1896Unlawful Motive
Art. 1897Undue Influence. - 1. Reference to Successions
Art. 18982. Gift in Consideration of a Dispute
Art. 18993. Application How Made
Art. 1900Mistake or Fraud
Art. 1901Publication
Art. 1902Form. - 1. Immovable Things, Movable Things and Bearer Instruments
Art. 19032. Other Rights and Credits
Art. 1904Disguised Gift
Art. 1905Proof of Gift
Art. 1906Revocation for Ungratefulness. - 1. By the Donor
Art. 19072. By the Heirs of the Donor
Art. 1908Birth of Child
Art. 1909Object of Gift
Art. 1910Disputed Property
Art. 1911Usufruct Reserved
Art. 1912Gift of Periodic Payments
Art. 1913Conditions or Charges
Art. 1914Impossible or Unlawful Condition or Charge
Art. 1915Limitations on Alienation
Art. 1916Hardship
Art. 1917Gift on the Occasion of Marriage
Art. 1918Duty to Support Donor
Art. 1919Charge for the Payment of Debts
Art. 1920Returning Donated Property
Art. 1921Substitution
Art. 1922Specific Performance of Charge
Art. 1923Avoidance for Failure to Execute Charge
Art. 1924Warranty against Dispossession
Art. 1925Warranty against Defects
Art. 1926Actio Pauliana
Art. 1927Creditors for Support. - 1. Principle
Art. 19282. Value to be Taken into Account
Art. 19293. Plurality of Gifts

Civil Code · English · 2015

Article 1890

Imperative Moral Obligations

Performance of an imperative moral obligation is not a gift.

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Source title: Civil Code of the State of Eritrea
Edition: 2015
Issuing body: Ministry of Justice, State of Eritrea
Repository: FAOLEX
Language: English
Source pages: 532

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