Civil Code · English · 2015
Article 2718
2. Unknown Judgment
(1)
A settlement contract may be annulled where the dispute which it was intended to terminate has been settled by a judgment having the force of res judicata where one or both of the parties were unaware of the judgment.
#(2)
Where an appeal lies from the judgment of which one or both of the parties are unaware, the settlement contract shall remain valid.
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