Art. 2: A judgment is in accordance with what the object of an act may be
Art. 3: In contracts, attention is given to the objects and meaning, and not to the words and form
Art. 4: With doubt certitude does not fade
Art. 5: The remaining of a thing in the state in which it was found is the presumption
Art. 6: What is from time immemorial will be kept in its ancient state
Art.7: Damage does not become of time immemorial
Art. 8: Freedom from indebtedness is to be presumed
Art. 9: As to attributes which may exist or not, the presumption, which there is, is that they do not exist
Art. 10: When a thing is proved for one time, judgment will be given in favor of its continuance until there is proof to the contrary
Art. 11: The reference of an event of recent occurrence to a time near that in which the reference is made, is the presumption
Art. 12: In the case of a word, the sense, in which it is presumed to be used, is the literal sense
Art. 13: No weight is given to arguments where there is a clear statement opposed to them
Art. 14: It is not permitted for lawyers to strive to arrive at the meaning of a point of law or religion, where there is a decisive text
Art. 15: A thing established contrary to legal analogy cannot be used as analogy for other things
Art. 16: By an attempt to form a correct opinion on a point of law, an attempt to form a correct opinion is not destroyed
Art. 17: Hardship causes the giving of facility
Art. 18: Where a matter is narrow it becomes wide
Art. 19: Damage and retaliation by damage is not allowed
Art. 20: Damage is put an end to
Art. 21: Necessities make forbidden things canonically harmless
Art. 22: Necessities are estimated according to their quantity
Art. 23: A thing permitted on account of an excuse become unlawful on the cessation of the excuse
Art. 24: When the prohibition has faded away, the forbidden thing returns
Art. 25: A damage cannot be put an end to by its like
Art. 26: To repel a public damage a private damage is preferred
Art. 27: Severe damage is made to disappear by a lighter damage
Art. 28: When two wrongful acts meet, the remedy of the greater is sought by the doing of the less
Art. 29: The smaller of two harms is chosen
Art. 30: The repelling of mischief is preferred to the acquisition of benefits
Art. 31: Damage is repelled as far as possible
Art. 32: Whether a want be general, or whether it be special, it is reduced to the degree of the necessity
Art. 33: Constraint does not destroy the right of another
Art. 34: When the receiving of a thing is forbidden the giving of it is also forbidden
Art. 35: When it is forbidden that a thing should be done, it is also forbidden that it should be asked for
Art. 36: Custom is of force
Art. 37: The use of men is evidence according to which it is necessary to act
Art. 38: A thing impossible by custom is as though it were in truth impossible
Art. 39: It cannot be denied that with a change of times, the requirements of law change
Art. 40: Under the guidance of custom the true meaning is abandoned.
Art. 41: Custom is only given effect to, when it is continuous or preponderant
Art. 42: That is esteemed preponderant is commonly known and not that which rarely happens
Art. 43: A thing known by common usage is like a stipulation which has been made
Art. 44: A thing known by merchants is as though fixed by stipulation between them
Art. 45: What is directed by custom is as though directed by law
Art. 46: When an obstacle and a want have presented themselves, the obstacle is given precedence
Art. 47: That, which in fact follows a thing, follows it also in law
Art. 48: Judgment cannot be given separately for a thing that follows another
Art. 49: A person, who is owner of a thing, is owner also of things which are indispensable for that thing
Art. 50: When the trunk has failed, the branch fails too
Art. 51: A thing which fails does not return
Art. 52: When a thing has become null and void, a thing, which is comprised in it, becomes null and void
Art. 53: When the giving of the original thing has not been possible, its price is given
Art. 54: A thing which is not lawful in itself may be lawful as a consequence
Art. 55: A thing not permitted in the beginning may be permitted in its continuance
Art. 56: Continuing is easier than beginning
Art. 57: A transfer of property without consideration is complete only on receipt
Art. 58: The exercise of control over Rayahs, that is to say, over subjects, depends on what is right to be done
Art. 59: A special guardianship is stronger than a general guardianship
Art. 60: It is preferred that effect should be given to a word rather than that no effect should be given to it
Art. 61: Where the true meaning is impossible, it takes effect in a metaphorical sense
Art. 62: If it is impossible to give effect to a word it is made of no effect
Art. 63: To make mention of a part of a thing which cannot be divided is like mentioning the whole thing
Art. 64: The unconditional runs with unconditional effect, unless by law or by indication there is proof of its having a restricted effect
Art. 65: The description which is given while the thing is present is of no account, but the description given in the absence of the thing is to be considered
Art. 66: A question is considered to have been repeated in the answer
Art. 67: To a man who keeps silence no word is imputed, but where there is necessity shown, silence is a declaration
Art. 68: in matters which do not appear, evidence of the thing stands in the place of that thing
Art. 69: Correspondence by writing is like talking to one another
Art. 70: The well known signs of a dumb man are like an explanation by speech
Art. 71: In every case the word of an interpreter is accepted
Art. 72: To a conjecture of which the error is apparent, no attention is paid
Art. 73: There is no proof with a probability resting on good grounds
Art. 74: To imagination without foundation in fact, no weight is given
Art. 75: A thing established by evidence is as though it were established by actually seeing it
Art. 76: Evidence is for the person who claims, the oath for the person who denies
Art. 77: Evidence is for the proof of what is not clear, an oath is for the confirmation of what is presumed
Art. 78: evidence is proof which has a transitive effect, and an admission is a proof which is restricted in its effect
Art. 79: By admission one is condemned
Art. 80: With contradiction proof does not stand, but it does not injure the judgment given against the contradiction
Art. 81: In some cases there is proof of the branch where there is no proof of the root
Art. 82: With the performance of the condition the performance of the thing which is dependent on it becomes necessary
Art. 83: It is necessary that there should be conformity with a condition as far as it is possible
Art. 84: Promises where they take a conditional form are binding
Art. 85: The benefit of a thing is a return for the liability for loss from that thing
Art. 86: Payment of hire and liability to indemnify the loss does not go together
Art. 87: The detriment is as a return for the benefit
Art. 88: The burden is in proportion to the benefit, and the benefit in proportional to the burden
Art. 89: The judgment for an act is made to fall on the person who does it. And it does not fall on the person who gives the order, as long as he does not compel the doing of the act.
Art. 90: In a case in which there are both a perpetrator, i.e., someone who in person does a thing, and a person who is the indirect cause of its having been done the judgment falls on the actual perpetrator
Art. 91: Permission by the Canon Law excludes the liability to make compensation
Art. 92: A person who does an act, even if he does not act intentionally, is responsible
Art. 93: The person who does an act on one thing which leads naturally to the destruction of another thing as long as he does not act intentionally, does not become responsible
Art. 94: Offences and damage done by animals of their own accord are of no account
Art. 95: To make an order for the disposition of the property of another is of no effect
Art. 96: The dealing by one person with the property of another, without his leave, is not lawful
Art. 97: Without legal cause it is not allowed for anyone to take the property of another
Art. 98: As regards a thing, a change in the cause of ownership represents a change of that thing
Art. 99: Any person who hastens a thing before its time is punished by being deprived of it
Art. 100: The attempt of every one, who tried to destroy a thing done by himself, is rejected
