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  "urn": "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3004",
  "article_number": "3004",
  "heading": "Obligation to deliver; right of retention",
  "text": "The mandatary is bound to deliver to the principal everything he received by virtue of the mandate, including things he received unduly.\n\nThe mandatary may retain in his possession sufficient property of the principal to pay the mandatary's expenses and remuneration.",
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      "number": "III",
      "name": "Of the Different Modes of Acquiring the Ownership of Things"
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      "number": "XV",
      "name": "Representation and Mandate"
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      "number": "2",
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1997, No. 261, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.",
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