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joint and several liability gesamtschuldnerische Haftung Gesamtschuldnerische Haftung, one German institution for the English doublet, each debtor liable for the whole and the creditor chooses, § 421 BGB. Translating joint and several piecewise, gemeinsam und einzeln, produces a formula no German statute knows. time is of the essence Fixgeschäft Fixgeschäft is the German frame the clause is reaching for, timely performance made essential with an immediate exit attached, § 323 Abs. 2 Nr. 2 BGB, § 376 HGB between merchants. The word-for-word rendering, die Zeit ist von wesentlicher Bedeutung, is a proverb, not a clause. specific performance Erfüllung Erfüllung, and note the inversion, what English law grants as an exceptional, discretionary remedy is the German default. § 241 Abs. 1 BGB makes performance the primary claim, so German has no marked word for it, routine rights do not get special names.

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