Book One: Obligations · Section Two: Effects of the Obligation · Chapter Six: Extinction of the Obligation · Part Three: Barring of a Claim by the Lapse of Time
A right shall not be extinguished by the lapse of time, but a claim thereon shall not be admissible against a denier upon the lapse of fifteen (15) years without an accepted excuse, except for the cases where the law specifies another period and the cases stipulated in this Law.
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