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  "article_number": "1892",
  "heading": "Remission granted to sureties",
  "text": "Remission of debt granted to the principal obligor releases the sureties.\n\nRemission of debt granted to the sureties does not release the principal obligor.\n\nRemission of debt granted to one surety releases the other sureties only to the extent of the contribution the other sureties might have recovered from the surety to whom the remission was granted.\n\nIf the obligee grants a remission of debt to a surety in return for an advantage, that advantage will be imputed to the debt, unless the surety and the obligee agree otherwise.",
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      "number": "III",
      "name": "Of the Different Modes of Acquiring the Ownership of Things"
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      "number": "III",
      "name": "Obligations in General"
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      "number": "6",
      "name": "Extinction of Obligations"
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      "number": "4",
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  "breadcrumb": "Book III › Title III › Chapter 6 › Section 4",
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      "act_year": 1984,
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.",
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