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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1962"
article_number: "1962"
status: active
heading: "Threat of exercising a right"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title IV › Chapter 4 › Section 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109213"
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. 1962. Threat of exercising a right

A threat of doing a lawful act or a threat of exercising a right does not constitute duress.

A threat of doing an act that is lawful in appearance only may constitute duress.