Article 892

What it means when you sign

This article says how a contract to make a thing or to perform a task ends. Such a contract terminates when the agreed work is completed, or when the contract is cancelled, either by consent of the parties or by order of the court.

When you are about to sign a contract of this kind, this article means that there are two main ways for the contract to come to an end: the work is finished, or the contract is cancelled by agreement or through the court. A clause on completion, acceptance of the work, termination, cancellation by agreement or ending the contract early may be read against it. The points to check are how the contract defines completion of the work, whether it describes how the parties can end it by agreement, and whether it says anything about cancellation through the court. Clear definitions of when the work counts as complete help show when the contract ends and when any obligations tied to completion begin.