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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1953"
article_number: "1953"
status: active
heading: "Fraud may result from misrepresentation or from silence"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title IV › Chapter 4 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109203"
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
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# Art. 1953. Fraud may result from misrepresentation or from silence

Fraud is a misrepresentation or a suppression of the truth made with the intention either to obtain an unjust advantage for one party or to cause a loss or inconvenience to the other. Fraud may also result from silence or inaction.