Civil Code · English · 2015
Article 2303
Right of Retention
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The contractor shall have, as security for the obligations that the client owes him under the contract, a right of retention over those movable goods belonging to the client that he has made or repaired and that are in his possession.
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Where the things which the client has entrusted to him belong to a third party, the contractor may set up his right of retention against the third party unless he knew or should have known that the things were entrusted to him without the knowledge or against the will of the third party.
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