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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1912"
article_number: "1912"
status: active
heading: "Aleatory contracts"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title IV › Chapter 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109159"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1984
    act_number: 331
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1985-01-01
    role: enactment
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# Art. 1912. Aleatory contracts

A contract is aleatory when, because of its nature or according to the parties' intent, the performance of either party's obligation, or the extent of the performance, depends on an uncertain event.