Neil Coffey (asker) Jun 27, 2011:

Not joint vendor No, simply the spouse of the vendor. This clause is only inserted in such cases.

AllegroTrans Jun 27, 2011:

I think it is more than just quiet possession it's more about any claims that could arise from the spouse's matrimonial interest (e.g. a claim that he/she partly/wholly financed the purchase) - I imagine that there is a covenant for quiet possession (jouissance) quite separately in the contract
Is he/she a joint vendor or simply the spouse of the vendor?

Neil Coffey (asker) Jun 27, 2011:

Details Context is essentially very similar to the last para of this contract: http://bit.ly/lKI7kI entitled "Consentement du conjoint du vendeur". Essentially as I understand, there's a part of the French 'Code civil' that where a couple are living together in a property but the property formally belongs to only one of the partners, the other partner still has the right to object to the sale of the "family home". So in such cases, a clause can be inserted in advance in the contract where the spouse declares that they don't object to the sale. So effectively, the idea is that the spouse, who doesn't own the property, is saying "I declare that I won't later try and lay claim to the property/bring about some action that interferes with the sale/purchaser's title to the property".

AllegroTrans Jun 27, 2011:

Not completely clear Can you post the complete sentence containing this, with each of the sentences before and after it please? Is only the spouse providing this guarantee? Please say who (not personal names of course) all the parties are. Also, what country is this from?
Thanks!