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  "urn": "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1496",
  "article_number": "1496",
  "heading": "Permissible burdens on legitime",
  "text": "No charges, conditions, or burdens may be imposed on the legitime except those expressly authorized by law, such as a usufruct in favor of a surviving spouse or the placing of the legitime in trust.",
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      "level": "book",
      "number": "III",
      "name": "Of the Different Modes of Acquiring the Ownership of Things"
    },
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      "level": "title",
      "number": "II",
      "name": "Donations"
    },
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      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "3",
      "name": "The Disposable Portion and its Reduction in Case of Excess"
    }
  ],
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      "act_year": 1981,
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      "role": "amendment"
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      "act_year": 1990,
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      "section": 1,
      "effective_date": "1990-07-01",
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      "role": "amendment"
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      "role": "amendment"
    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Amended by Acts 1981, No. 442, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 1989, No. 788, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1990, No. 147, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1995, No. 1180, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 77, §1.",
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