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  "heading": "Confirmation",
  "text": "Confirmation is a declaration whereby a person cures the relative nullity of an obligation.\n\nAn express act of confirmation must contain or identify the substance of the obligation and evidence the intention to cure its relative nullity.\n\nTacit confirmation may result from voluntary performance of the obligation.",
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