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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1921"
article_number: "1921"
status: active
heading: "Rescission of contract for incapacity"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title IV › Chapter 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109168"
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. 1921. Rescission of contract for incapacity

Upon rescission of a contract on the ground of incapacity, each party or his legal representative shall restore to the other what he has received thereunder. When restoration is impossible or impracticable, the court may award compensation to the party to whom restoration cannot be made.