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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... the law of obligations is simply "everyday life translated into legal equations. "This branch of private law regulates the social relations necessary to the satisfaction of vital human needs. What is an "obligation" in this particular sense? It can be defined as a legal relationship between two persons "by virtue of which one of them, the debtor, is bound [to] another, the creditor, to perform a prestation. "  1, record 1, English, - law%20of%20obligations

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Droit des obligations. Or l'obligation […] est un rapport de droit entre deux ou plusieurs personnes, en vertu duquel l'une d'elles, appelée le débiteur, est tenue envers une autre, appelée le créancier, d'exécuter une prestation qui consiste à faire ou ne pas faire quelque chose. On pourrait aussi bien la définir comme un rapport de droit entre deux personnes, en vertu duquel l'une d'elle (le créancier) est en droit d'exiger quelque chose de l'autre (le débiteur).  1, record 1, French, - droit%20des%20obligations

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The legal relation between the surety and the creditor.  2, record 3, English, - suretyship

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

On peut également dire « rapport de cautionnement ».  2, record 3, French, - rapport%20cautionnel

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

rapport cautionnel : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  3, record 3, French, - rapport%20cautionnel

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

In the United States, legal tender is all forms of circulating paper money, mostly Federal Reserve Notes, and coins. The term literally means that money offered, tendered, as payment has the backing of the government and must be accepted by a creditor, unless a contract calls for another method of payment.  3, record 4, English, - legal%20tender

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Ensemble des instruments monétaires ayant pouvoir libératoire en vertu des dispositions de la loi d'un pays.  5, record 4, French, - monnaie%20l%C3%A9gale

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Moneda fiduciaria con capacidad legal como medio de pago en un país determinado en una época determinada.  1, record 4, Spanish, - dinero%20de%20curso%20legal

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

dinero de curso legal: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.  4, record 4, Spanish, - dinero%20de%20curso%20legal

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A creditor may agree with his debtor that the latter will be bound to fulfil his obligation only on the property they describe and which is affected by a legal cause of preference in favour of the creditor.  2, record 5, English, - legal%20cause%20of%20preference

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Avantage que la loi accorde à un créancier, suivant la nature de sa créance et selon un ordre déterminé, d'échapper à la règle de l'égalité entre les créanciers et d'être payé en priorité sur le produit de la vente des biens de son débiteur.  2, record 5, French, - cause%20l%C3%A9gitime%20de%20pr%C3%A9f%C3%A9rence

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

un créancier peut convenir avec son débiteur que celui-ci ne sera tenu de remplir son engagement que sur les biens qu'ils décrivent et qui sont affectés d'une cause légitime de préférence en faveur du créancier.  3, record 5, French, - cause%20l%C3%A9gitime%20de%20pr%C3%A9f%C3%A9rence

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Certain kinds of money are legal tender. Legal tender money must be accepted by the creditor when used in the discharge of monetary obligations.  2, record 6, English, - be%20legal%20tender

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Donner aux billets [...] un cours légal [...] voulait dire [...] que leur possesseur pouvait s'en servir officiellement pour éteindre ses dettes ou [...] que le billet avait «pouvoir libératoire».  5, record 6, French, - avoir%20pouvoir%20lib%C3%A9ratoire

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The joinder of alternative claims, such as breach of contract and quantum meruit, or of one claim with another prospective claim, such as a creditor’s claim against a debtor to recover on a loan and the creditor’s claim against a third party to set aside the transfer of the loan’s collateral.  2, record 7, English, - joinder%20of%20remedies

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Joinder of remedies. A joining of two claims in one action even though one cannot be recognized until the other is resolved. Specifically, the combination of legal and equitable claims in one action when a fraudulent conveyance must first be set aside legally before equitable relief can be granted to a creditor.  3, record 7, English, - joinder%20of%20remedies

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[...] en cas de jonction de recours, le retrait d'un des recours ne met pas fin à la procédure. Il en va de même en cas d'appel en cause [...] lorsque les parties ont pris des conclusions comme si elles avaient interjeté un recours indépendant.  2, record 7, French, - jonction%20de%20recours

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

writ: a document issued out of a court in the name of Her Majesty, commanding the person to whom it is addressed to do or forbear from doing some act.  1, record 8, English, - writ%20of%20attachment

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 OBS

attachment : the seizure of property for the purpose of placing it in the control of the court.... Sometimes the term is used in the sense of the attachment of debts, and when so used the phrase means the legal process by which debts due or to become due to a debtor by other persons are seized for the benefit of the judgment creditor.  1, record 8, English, - writ%20of%20attachment

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Legal action granted to a creditor to contest the acts carried out by his debtor that are detrimental to his rights and impede any other form of payment.  2, record 9, English, - revocatory%20action

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

action for revocation: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.  3, record 9, English, - revocatory%20action

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Action concédée au créancier pour contester les actes que le débiteur a réalisés aux dépens de son droit si lesdits actes lui causent dommage et empêchent une autre satisfaction.  3, record 9, French, - action%20r%C3%A9vocatoire

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

action révocatoire : terme et définition extraits du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduits avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.  4, record 9, French, - action%20r%C3%A9vocatoire

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Acción concedida al acreedor para impugnar los actos que el deudor haya realizado en fraude a su derecho cuando éstos le causen perjuicio y le impidan satisfacerse de otro modo.  2, record 9, Spanish, - acci%C3%B3n%20revocatoria

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

acción revocatoria: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.  3, record 9, Spanish, - acci%C3%B3n%20revocatoria

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Collateral on a loan that has been documented and registered with the proper legal authority by a creditor wishing to protect his claim.  1, record 10, English, - perfected%20security

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish