Article 852: Compromise, effect on the parties
Statutory text (Thai original)
ผลของสัญญาประนีประนอมยอมความนั้น ย่อมทำให้การเรียกร้องซึ่งแต่ละฝ่ายได้ยอมสละนั้นระงับสิ้นไป และทำให้แต่ละฝ่ายได้สิทธิตามที่แสดงในสัญญานั้นว่าเป็นของตน
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English translation
The effect of the compromise is to extinguish the claims abandoned by each party and to secure to each party the rights which are declared to belong to him.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 852 is the consequence rule for §850 compromise. Once parties settle, the original cause of action is gone, the new contract is the only enforceable obligation. Two critical implications: (1) breach of the compromise must be sued as a contract claim, not as the original tort or contract; (2) defenses available against the original claim are usually waived. SC decision 1383/2568 shows the rule in operation: a compromise extinguished the debt under a hire-purchase contract and replaced it with a new obligation under §852, so the litigation that followed had to be fought over that new contract and the land transferred under it.
Why this matters in practice
For lawyers: draft the scope of the compromise with precision, only claims expressly covered are extinguished. A broad release clause is advisable if the intent is to settle all related disputes. For laypersons: signing a settlement agreement ends only the specific claims listed; new or different claims arising from the same facts may still be actionable.
Legislative history
Part of the original Civil and Commercial Code codification; no major subsequent amendment.
Décisions de la Cour suprême interprétant cette section
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Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 3604/2558 (2015)
Where a plaintiff sues to enforce a compromise agreement and the defendants do not plead any objection to its existence or its validity, they are taken under Civil Procedure Code section 84(3) to have admitted that the agreement was truly made, and it binds the plaintiff and the contracting defendant as parties to it. Its effect is then as section 852 provides: the claims which each side has given up are extinguished, and each side acquires the rights shown in the agreement as belonging to it. That the rights are binding does not mean they are self-executing; the party seeking them still has to bring an action to enforce the agreement, as the plaintiff did here.
The plaintiff sued to enforce a compromise agreement. The two defendants did not plead any objection to the existence or the validity of that agreement, so they were taken under Civil Procedure Code section 84(3) to have admitted that the first defendant and the plaintiff had truly made it. The Supreme Court held that the agreement accordingly bound the plaintiff and the first defendant as the contracting parties, and that its effect followed section 852: the claims each side had given up were extinguished and each acquired the rights shown in the agreement as its own, so that the first defendant was bound by his undertaking to transfer the land. The rights were enforced by this action, which the plaintiff had to bring.
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Cited in 155 Supreme Court decisions (1954 to 2025)
Décisions de citation sélectionnées
- Décision 1383/2568 (2025) Un accord transactionnel réglant l'ancienne dette n'empêche pas l'annulation d'un transfert frauduleux antérieur au règlement.
- Decision 1280/2568 (2025)
- Décision 928/2568 (2025) Settlement Agreements Must Be Performed Exactly As Written: No Implied Obligations
- Decision 4008/2567 (2024)
- Decision 3237/2567 (2024)
- Decision 727/2567 (2024)
- Decision 1060/2565 (2022)
- Decision 6980/2559 (2016)
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Le plus souvent cité aux côtés de
- Article 850 85
- Art. 39 du Code de procédure pénale thaïlandais 31
- Article 91 du Code pénal thaïlandais 19
- Article 78 du Code pénal thaïlandais 16
- Article 83 du Code pénal thaïlandais 14
- Article 1750 10
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Citation simple
Civil and Commercial Code, s. 852 (Thailand) -
Citation académique
Civil and Commercial Code (Thailand), s. 852. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/fr/thai-civil-code/section-852/ (accessed 30 août 2026). -
Citation thaïlandaise
ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 852 -
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<blockquote cite="https://www.thailawonline.com/fr/thai-civil-code/section-852/"><p>L'effet du compromis est d'éteindre les prétentions abandonnées par chaque partie et de garantir à chaque partie les droits qui lui sont reconnus.</p><footer>Civil and Commercial Code, s. 852 (Thailand): <a href="https://www.thailawonline.com/fr/thai-civil-code/section-852/">ThaiLawOnline</a></footer></blockquote>
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