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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:12"
article_number: "12"
status: active
heading: "Ambiguous words"
breadcrumb: "Preliminary Title › Chapter 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108568"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1987, No. 124, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1987
    act_number: 124
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1988-01-01
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# Art. 12. Ambiguous words

When the words of a law are ambiguous, their meaning must be sought by examining the context in which they occur and the text of the law as a whole.