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  "urn": "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1359",
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  "heading": "Deductions allowed.",
  "text": "The deductions, which are to be made before the partition of a succession, consist:\n\n1. Of the sums due to one or more of the heirs for a debt due them by the deceased, or advance [advances] made to the succession, or expenses on its effects, according to the account settled among the heirs;\n\n2. Of the amount owing to the heirs to whom a collation is due, when the collation is made by taking less, in order that the heirs may receive a portion equal to the amount of the collation which is due;\n\n3. Of the privileged debts due or paid on account of the succession, which have been incurred since the death of the deceased, or in order to effect the partition.",
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      "number": "III",
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      "name": "Of the Partition of Successions"
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