Contracts - Rescission II

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Civil Code:

Article

第 255 條

依契約之性質或當事人之意思表示，非於一定時期為給付不能達其契約之目的，而契約當事人之一方不按照時期給付者，他方當事人得不為前條之催告，解除其契約。

Article 255

If according to the nature of the contract or the expression of intent of the parties, the purpose of the contract can not be accomplished if not performed within the fixed period, and if one of the parties does not perform the contract within that period, the other party may rescind the contract without giving the notice specified in the preceding article.

Vocabulary

依 [yī] /according to/depend on/

契約 [qìyuē] /agreement/contract/

之 [zhī] /(literary equivalent of 的)/

性質 [xìngzhì] /nature/characteristic/

或 [huò] /or/

當事人 [dāngshìrén] /persons involved or implicated/party (to an affair)/

意思表示 [yìsībiǎoshì] /expressed intention/declaration of will/

非 [fēi] /non-/not-/un-/

於 [yú] /in/at/

一定 [yīdìng] /certain/fixed/

時期 [shíqī] /a period in time/period/time (interval)/phase/

為 [wéi] /to make/

給付 [jǐfù] /give/pay/performance/

不能 [bùnéng] /cannot/must not/should not/

達 [dá] /attain/achieve/reach/realize/

其 [qí] /his/her/its/theirs/that/such/it (refers to sth preceding it)/

目的 [mùdì] /purpose/aim/goal/target/objective/

而 [ér] /and/

之 [zhī] /(literary equivalent of 的)/

一方 [yīfāng] /one side/one party/

不 [bù] /(negative prefix)/not/no/

按照 [ànzhào] /according to/in accordance with/in the light of/on the basis of/

者 [zhě] /-ist, -er (person)/person (who does sth)/

他方 [tāfāng] /the other/

得 [dé] /may/

前 [qián] /before/in front/ago/former/previous/earlier/front/

條 [tiáo] /article/

催告 [cuīgào] /summon exhortation/give notice/

解除 [jiěchú] /remove/relieve (someone of their duties)/