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  "article_number": "543",
  "heading": "Partition of the property in kind or by licitation",
  "text": "When property is held in indivision, a person having a share in full ownership may demand partition of the property in kind or by licitation, even though there may be other shares in naked ownership and usufruct.\n\nA person having a share in naked ownership only or in usufruct only does not have this right, unless a naked owner of an undivided share and a usufructuary of that share jointly demand partition in kind or by licitation, in which event their combined shares shall be deemed to constitute a share in full ownership.",
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      "number": "II",
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      "number": "III",
      "name": "Personal Servitudes"
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      "number": "2",
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