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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1843"
article_number: "1843"
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heading: "Ratification"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title III › Chapter 5"
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acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985."
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  - act_year: 1984
    act_number: 331
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1985-01-01
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# Art. 1843. Ratification

Ratification is a declaration whereby a person gives his consent to an obligation incurred on his behalf by another without authority.

An express act of ratification must evidence the intention to be bound by the ratified obligation.

Tacit ratification results when a person, with knowledge of an obligation incurred on his behalf by another, accepts the benefit of that obligation.