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Article 705Performance Knowing of Absence of Obligation

第七百五条(債務の不存在を知ってした弁済)

A person that has paid money or delivered anything as performance of an obligation may not demand the return of the money paid or thing delivered if the person knew, at the time, that the obligation did not exist.

債務の弁済として給付をした者は、その時において債務の存在しないことを知っていたときは、その給付したものの返還を請求することができない。

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