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Article 342Content of Pledges

第三百四十二条(質権の内容)

A pledgee has the right to possess a thing received from an obligor or a third party as security for their claims and to have their own claims paid before other obligees out of that thing.

質権者は、その債権の担保として債務者又は第三者から受け取った物を占有し、かつ、その物について他の債権者に先立って自己の債権の弁済を受ける権利を有する。

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