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  "heading": "Performance of obligations contracted by the mandatary",
  "text": "The principal is bound to the mandatary to perform the obligations that the mandatary contracted within the limits of his authority. The principal is also bound to the mandatary for obligations contracted by the mandatary after the termination of the mandate if at the time of contracting the mandatary did not know that the mandate had terminated.\n\nThe principal is not bound to the mandatary to perform the obligations that the mandatary contracted which exceed the limits of the mandatary's authority unless the principal ratifies those acts.",
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      "name": "Of the Different Modes of Acquiring the Ownership of Things"
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