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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3101"
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heading: "Capacity of parties; authority of mandataries, tutors and curators."
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acts_citations_raw: "Amended by Acts 1979, No. 711, §1."
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  - act_year: 1979
    act_number: 711
    section: 1
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# Art. 3101. Capacity of parties; authority of mandataries, tutors and curators.

They who cannot bind themselves cannot make a submission. An attorney in fact cannot make a submission without a special power.

The tutors of minors and the curators of persons interdicted or absent, cannot do it without being authorized by the judge.