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  "urn": "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1913",
  "article_number": "1913",
  "heading": "Principal and accessory contracts",
  "text": "A contract is accessory when it is made to provide security for the performance of an obligation. Suretyship, mortgage, pledge, and other types of security agreements are examples of such a contract.\n\nWhen the secured obligation arises from a contract, either between the same or other parties, that contract is the principal contract.",
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