每日法律英语 | 第60期：Contract Law - Article 67 先履行义务

Article 67  ①Where both parties have obligations toward each other and there is an order of priority in respect of the performance, and the party who is to perform first fails to perform, the party who is to perform later has the right to reject the other party's demand for performance. ②If the performance of the obligations of the party who is to perform first is not in conformity with the agreement, the party who is to perform later has the right to reject the other party's demand for corresponding performance.

核心词汇和搭配：

toward each other  相互

order of priority  先后顺序

in respect of  关于

fails to  未能

reject the other party's demand for performance  拒绝另一方履行要求

(be) in conformity with  与…相符合

agreement  协议，约定

corresponding  相应的

条文对照讲解：

第六十七条　当事人互负债务，有先后履行顺序，先履行一方未履行的，后履行一方有权拒绝其履行要求。先履行一方履行债务不符合约定的，后履行一方有权拒绝其相应的履行要求。

附注：中文条文选自《中华人民共和国合同法》（现行有效），英文条文选自北京大学法律翻译研究中心版本。

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