{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:2482","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Definition","number":"2482","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2482/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK VI - SPECIAL CONTRACTS","title":"TITLE IV - CONTRACTS FOR THE PROVISION OF SECURITY","chapter":"Chapter 2. - Contracts of Pledge","section":"Section 1. - Contracts of Pledge in General","paragraph":"Paragraph 1. - Conditions for the Validity of the Contract"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"A contract of pledge is a contract whereby a debtor, the pledger, undertakes to deliver a thing, called the pledge, to his creditor, the pledgee, as security for the performance of an obligation.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2482/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":688,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/688/?article=2482&paragraph=lead#article-2482-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}