State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 2302 – Specification in good faith – If anybody in good faith by his labour or Industry gives a new form to a movable object belonging to another, he shall assume ownership of the transformed object if the object is not restored to its original form or, it cannot be restored without loosing the value added to it by the transformation. § 1 - In the last case, the owner of the material shall be entitled to retain the object if the value of the labour does not exceed that of the material. § 2- In both the cases mentioned above, the one who retains the thing shall be bound to compensate the other for the value which belongs to him as of right.