General Law

Form of contract

0849-en RE330 Code of Obligations (CO, General/Special Part) As of 11.07.2026


The form of contract is the appearance (means) of a bilateral declaration, as opposed to the content of the declaration (content of the contract) itself.

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Vertragsform 0849-de

Als Vertragsform bezeichnet man die Erscheinungsform (Mittel) einer zweiseitigen Erklärung, dies im Gegensatz zu dem Inhalt der Erklärung (Vertragsinhalt) selbst.

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