A person commits a fault where, in order to secure payment of a debt due to him, he unnecessarily seizes goods held by his debtor to an extent disproportionate to the amount of the debt.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 1620
Seizure · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.