{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1978","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Lease and Sale","number":"1978","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1978/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK VI - SPECIAL CONTRACTS","title":"TITLE II - CONTRACTS FOR THE CUSTODY, USE OR POSSESSION OF THINGS","chapter":"Chapter 2. - Lease","section":"Section 1. - Lease of a Movable","paragraph":"Paragraph 1. - General Provisions."},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"The movable leased shall remain the property of the lessor to whom it shall be returned on the termination of the contract.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1978/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":554,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/554/?article=1978&paragraph=p1#article-1978-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"Where it is stipulated that, after a certain number of payments of the rent, the lessee shall become the owner of the movable, the contract shall constitute a contract of leasing, notwithstanding that the parties have termed it a contract of lease.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1978/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":554,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/554/?article=1978&paragraph=p2#article-1978-p2"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}