La. Civ. Code art. 2055
This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 2055, part of Louisiana’s Civil Code — louisiana's civil law tradition codifies persons, property, obligations, and family relations here rather than in a separate statutory code.
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Equity and usage
Official statutory text
Equity, as intended in the preceding articles, is based on the principles that no one is allowed to take unfair advantage of another and that no one is allowed to enrich himself unjustly at the expense of another.
Usage, as intended in the preceding articles, is a practice regularly observed in affairs of a nature identical or similar to the object of a contract subject to interpretation.
Acts 1984, No. 331, ยง1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
Usage, as intended in the preceding articles, is a practice regularly observed in affairs of a nature identical or similar to the object of a contract subject to interpretation.
Acts 1984, No. 331, ยง1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
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