{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1986","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Indeterminate Contracts","number":"1986","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1986/","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":"Where the duration of the contract of lease has not been fixed, either party may terminate the contract at any time.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1986/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":555,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/555/?article=1986&paragraph=p1#article-1986-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"In such case, the other party shall be entitled to a reasonable period within which to perform his obligation to return the movable leased or to take delivery of it.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1986/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":555,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/555/?article=1986&paragraph=p2#article-1986-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."}