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  "urn": "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3436",
  "article_number": "3436",
  "heading": "Violent, clandestine, discontinuous, and equivocal possession",
  "text": "Possession is violent when it is acquired or maintained by violent acts. When the violence ceases, the possession ceases to be violent.\n\nPossession is clandestine when it is not open or public, discontinuous when it is not exercised at regular intervals, and equivocal when there is ambiguity as to the intent of the possessor to own the thing.",
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      "level": "book",
      "number": "III",
      "name": "Of the Different Modes of Acquiring the Ownership of Things"
    },
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      "level": "title",
      "number": "XXIII",
      "name": "Occupancy and Possession"
    },
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      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "2",
      "name": "Possession"
    },
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      "number": "3",
      "name": "Vices of Possession"
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  "breadcrumb": "Book III › Title XXIII › Chapter 2 › Section 3",
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      "act_year": 1982,
      "act_number": 187,
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      "effective_date": "1983-01-01",
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    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1982, No. 187, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.",
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