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  "urn": "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2300",
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  "heading": "Obligation that does not exist",
  "text": "A thing is not owed when it is paid or delivered for the discharge of an obligation that does not exist.",
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      "name": "Of the Different Modes of Acquiring the Ownership of Things"
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      "number": "V",
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