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§ IV. On the Intrinsic Form of Contract, or on Consent

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The very nature of contract sufficiently signifies the necessity of consent, and of consent furnished by each party and simultaneous (n. 828). Hence the following do not suffice: 1° interpretative consent, that is, consent which would be present if this or that had place, which in reality does not have place; 2° only presumed consent; if consent is only presumed, it is lacking in reality.

These things having been noted, we shall speak distinctly about the qualities and about the obstacles of consent.

Consent in contracts

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