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Article 2036Compromises
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A compromise comprises only those objects
which are definitely stated therein, or which by necessary
implication from its terms should be deemed to have
been included in the same.
A general renunciation of rights is understood to refer
only to those that are connected with the dispute which
was the subject of the compromise. (1815)
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