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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3071"
article_number: "3071"
status: active
heading: "Compromise; definition"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XVII"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110114"
acts_citations_raw: "Amended by Acts 1981, No. 782, §1, eff. July 28, 1981; Acts 2007, No. 138, §1."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1981
    act_number: 782
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1981-07-28
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 2007
    act_number: 138
    section: 1
    role: amendment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 3071. Compromise; definition

A compromise is a contract whereby the parties, through concessions made by one or more of them, settle a dispute or an uncertainty concerning an obligation or other legal relationship.