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  "urn": "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2458",
  "article_number": "2458",
  "heading": "Sale by weight, tale or measure; lump sales",
  "text": "When things are sold by weight, tale, or measure, ownership is transferred between the parties when the seller, with the buyer's consent, weighs, counts or measures the things.\n\nWhen things, such as goods or produce, are sold in a lump, ownership is transferred between the parties upon their consent, even though the things are not yet weighed, counted, or measured.",
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      "level": "book",
      "number": "III",
      "name": "Of the Different Modes of Acquiring the Ownership of Things"
    },
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      "level": "title",
      "number": "VII",
      "name": "Sale"
    },
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      "number": "4",
      "name": "How the Contract of Sale is to be Perfected"
    }
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      "act_year": 1993,
      "act_number": 841,
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      "effective_date": "1995-01-01",
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    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1993, No. 841, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.",
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