Civil Code · English · 2015
Article 2456
Extinction of Primary Obligation
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The surety shall be released when the primary obligation is extinguished for any reason whatsoever.
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The surety may set up against the creditor all the defenses available to the debtor, and the fact that the principal debtor might have waived them cannot be set up against him.
#(3)
The fact that the obligation of the principal debtor is null by reason of a defect in the latter’s consent or of his incapacity shall not affect the surety, where he bound himself with full knowledge of these circumstances.
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