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# Practical Guide
I have a situation related to: Stray animals
The art. 56 CO imposes on the keeper of an animal a presumed liability for the damage caused by it, unless proof is provided that all care required by the circumstances was taken or that the damage would have occurred despite such care. The presumption of fault reverses the burden of proof in favour…
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- I'm ready to translate Swiss legal text from French to English, preserving the glossary terms you've specified: - formal notice => formal notice - payment order => payment order - lease agreement => lease agreement However, I notice that the text to translate is represented only as "CO 56", which is a protected token placeholder. Please provide the actual French legal text you would like me to translate, and I will: 1. Apply your preferred glossary terms 2. Preserve all protected tokens (__JB_KEEP_*__) 3. Keep all URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders exactly as they appear 4. Return only the translation Please share the French text to proceed. — Liability of the animal keeper
- I'm ready to translate Swiss legal text into English while preserving all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders exactly as they appear. However, I notice that the text you've provided only contains "CC 720" which is a protected token placeholder with no actual content to translate. Please provide the actual text you would like me to translate, and I will: - Use the preferred glossary terms you specified (formal notice → formal notice, payment order → payment order, lease agreement → lease agreement) - Preserve all protected tokens (__JB_KEEP_*__) exactly - Keep all URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders unchanged - Return only the English translation — # Found and Lost Animals
- CC 679 — Actions of the Injured Neighbor — Objective Liability
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