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  "urn": "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2715",
  "article_number": "2715",
  "heading": "Partial destruction, loss, expropriation, or other substantial impairment of use",
  "text": "If, without the fault of the lessee, the thing is partially destroyed, lost, or expropri­ated, or its use is otherwise substantially impaired, the lessee may, according to the circumstances of both parties, obtain a diminution of the rent or dissolution of the lease, whichever is more appropriate under the circumstances. If the lessor was at fault, the lessee may also demand damages.\n\nIf the impairment of the use of the leased thing was caused by circumstances external to the leased thing, the lessee is entitled to a dissolution of the lease, but is not entitled to diminution of the rent.",
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      "number": "III",
      "name": "Of the Different Modes of Acquiring the Ownership of Things"
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      "number": "IX",
      "name": "Lease"
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      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "4",
      "name": "Termination and Dissolution"
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      "level": "section",
      "number": "1",
      "name": "Rules Applicable to All Leases"
    }
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  "breadcrumb": "Book III › Title IX › Chapter 4 › Section 1",
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      "act_year": 2004,
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      "effective_date": "2005-01-01",
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    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 2004, No. 821, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.",
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