{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:2404","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Definition","number":"2404","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2404/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK VI - SPECIAL CONTRACTS","title":"TITLE III - CONTRACTS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES","chapter":"Chapter 4. - Mandate","section":"Section 3. - Commission","paragraph":"Paragraph 1. - Commission to Buy or to Sell"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"The commission to buy or to sell is a contract of mandate whereby the mandatary, called the commission merchant, undertakes to buy or to sell in his own name but on behalf of another person, called the principal, goods, securities or other fungible things.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2404/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":669,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/669/?article=2404&paragraph=lead#article-2404-lead"}]}],"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."}