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Principle

No. I.3.1 - Limitation of transfer of rights

No one may transfer more rights than he actually has ("nemo plus iuris transferre potest quam ipse habet").

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Commentary
It follows from this Principle that only the person who holds a legal title to a right (e.g. property, creditor of a contractual claim) may transfer that right or modify it.

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References
National Legislation
Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch - German Civil Code
French Code Civil 1804
Nieuw Burgerlijk Wetboek - New Netherlands Civil Code ( Dutch Civil Code )
Miscellaneous
Digest L, 17, 54 (Ulpianus)
Doctrine
Domingo, Ortega, Rodriguez-Antolin, Zambrana, Principios de Derecho Global, Navarra, 2006
Foriers, Paul Alain, Wirksamkeitsvorausetzungen für Forderungsabtretungen, insbesondere zu Sicherungszwecken in Belgien, in: Hadding/ Schneider (eds.), Die Forderungsabtretung, insbesondere zur Kreditsicherung, in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und in ausländischen Rechtsordnungen, Berlin 1986, at 9 et seq.
Kersley, R.H., M.A., LL.M./ Broom, Herbert, LL.D., A Selection of Legal Maxims, 10th ed. London, 1939
Liebs, Detlef, Lateinische Rechtsregeln und Rechtssprichwörter, 4th ed., Munich 1986
Noy, William, A Treatise of the Principal Grounds and Maxims with an Analysis of the Laws of England, 1821
Ripert, Georges, Les Règles du Droit Civil Applicables aux Rapports Internationaux (Contribution à l'Etude des Principes Généraux du Droit Visés au Statut de la Cour Permanente de Justice Internationale), 44 Rec.Cours 1933-II, at 569 et seq.
Principles / Restatements
Principles of Law and Equity - Grounds and Rudiments of Law and Equity, Alphabetically Digested (London 1751)
Contract Clauses
1. Representations and Warranties
Sales & Purchase Contract
Rights

Each Party represents and warrants that it owns or controls the necessary rights in order to make the grant of rights, licenses and permissions herein, and that the exercise of such rights shall not infringe or cause to infringe the rights of any third party.

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