Book One: Obligations · Section Two: Effects of the Obligation · Chapter Five: Multiplicity of Parties to the Obligation · Part Two: Joint Debt
1. No one of the co-creditors in a joint debt may, on their own, defer the debt without the consent of the other co-creditors.
2. However, a co-creditor in a joint debt may defer their share without the consent of the others, and in this case, that co-creditor shall not be entitled to share with them in what they receive from the debt.
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