{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:2721","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Declaratory Effect of Settlement","number":"2721","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2721/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK VI - SPECIAL CONTRACTS","title":"TITLE VI - SETTLEMENT, CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION","chapter":"Chapter 1. - Settlement","section":null,"paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"The settlement contract shall have a declaratory effect as regards the rights which a party renounces therein.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2721/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":751,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/751/?article=2721&paragraph=lead#article-2721-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."}