西方法谚精选

凡可以出卖之物都是商品。

The term merchandise belongs to movable things only. 可以移动的物才能成为“商品”。

Money is the just medium and measure of all commutable things, for, by the medium of money, a convenient and just estimation of all things is made.

金钱是所有可交换物的理想媒介，因为通过金钱这一媒介，可以便利地对所有物品进行恰当评估。 Equal knowledge on both sides makes the contracting parties equal. 信息对称才能公平交易。

He who contracts with another, either is or ought to be acquainted with the condition of the other. 立约人知道或者应当知道对方的情况。 Debt and contract are of no particular place. 债和契约不受地点约束。

Debts follow the person of the debtor. ( i.e. they have no locality, and may be collected wherever the debtor can be found.)

债务人跑到哪里，债就跟到哪里。（即债不受地点限制，不论在什么地方，只要找到债务人就可以索债。）

Agreements founded upon an immoral consideration are not to be observed. 依据不道德的约因签订的协议无效。

A contract cannot arise out of an act radically wrong and illegal. 在行为完全错误并非法情况下，契约自始就不成立。 An agreement induced by fraud is not valid. 靠欺诈达成的协议无效。

A contract cannot arise out of an act radically vicious and illegal. 有效契约不能源自邪恶和违法的行为。

Out of a nude or naked pact(that is, a bare parol agreement without consideration)no action arises. 无约因的口头契约不能请求履行。

From an illegal contract an action does not arise. 非法契约不产生诉权。

Out of a base (illegal, or immoral) consideration, an action does not arise. 非法或不道德的约因不得诉请履行。 No action arises on an immoral contract. 违反道德的契约不会受到司法的保护。

A contract founded on a disgraceful consideration or against good morals is null. 基于不道德的约因或违反公序良俗的契约无效。

A contract founded on an evil consideration, or against good morals is void.

基于恶意的约因或违反公德的契约无效。

The agreement of private person cannot derogate from public right. (i.e., cannot prevent the application of general rules of law, or render valid any contravention of law.)

私人协议不得有损于公共权益。（即不得有碍于法规的实施，或不得为任何违法行为提供根据。） A public law or right cannot be altered by the agreement of private persons. 公法或公共权力不因私人间的协议而改变。 Private contracts cannot derogate from the public law. 私人协议不得违背公法。

A transaction between two parties ought not to operate to the disadvantage of a third. 当事人之间的交易不得损及第三人。

If in a contract for a loan there is inserted a clause that the borrower shall not be answerable for fraud, such clause is void.

借贷契约中若附加了借款人欺诈行为的免责条款，则该条款无效。 False spelling does not vitiate a deed. 拼写错误不影响契约效力。

Unusual clauses always induce a suspicion. 不正常的条款经常会引起猜疑。

There should be no commerce in illicit goods. 违禁的物品，不得买卖。

He is fraudulent who sells the same thing twice. 一物二卖构成欺诈。

No man can contradict his own deed. 任何人不得违反自己的契约。

Good faith demands that what is agreed upon shall be done. 诚信要求，凡经协议的都应得到履行。

Compacts which are not illegal, and do not originate in fraud, must in all respects be observed. 既不违法，又非源于欺诈的契约，应该得到全面履行。 Agreements of the parties to a contract must be observed. 当事人之间的协议必须得到遵守。

In all obligations in which a date is not put, the debt is due on the present day, the liability accrues immediately.

在所有未指明日期的债务中，债务从即日起成立，偿债义务亦随之产生。

An obligation which arises from contract, or quasi contract, is dissolved in the same ways in which it is contracted.

由契约或准契约产生的债务应当按约定的方法来履行。