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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2891"
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heading: "Loan for use; definition"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XII › Chapter 1"
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acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2004, No. 743, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005."
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  - act_year: 2004
    act_number: 743
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2005-01-01
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# Art. 2891. Loan for use; definition

The loan for use is a gratuitous contract by which a person, the lender, delivers a nonconsumable thing to another, the borrower, for him to use and return.