La. Civ. Code art. 2668
This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 2668, 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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Contract of lease defined
Official statutory text
Lease is a synallagmatic contract by which one party, the lessor, binds himself to give to the other party, the lessee, the use and enjoyment of a thing for a term in exchange for a rent that the lessee binds himself to pay.
The consent of the parties as to the thing and the rent is essential but not necessarily sufficient for a contract of lease.
Acts 2004, No. 821, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
The consent of the parties as to the thing and the rent is essential but not necessarily sufficient for a contract of lease.
Acts 2004, No. 821, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
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