A person may validly stipulate that, in his relations with another person, or as regards a specific business or activity, a given place shall be deemed to be his residence.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 165
Residence Stipulated · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
Unless otherwise expressly agreed, the person in whose favor such a stipulation is made shall not be bound by it.
He may, at his option, consider as being the residence of the other contracting party either the actual residence of the latter or the residence which has been stipulated.