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  "section_number": "85",
  "citation": "R.S. 31:85",
  "heading": "Extinction of mineral royalties",
  "text": "A mineral royalty is extinguished by:\n\n(1) prescription resulting from nonuse for ten years;\n\n(2) confusion with the title out of which it was created;\n\n(3) renunciation of the royalty right on the part of him to whom it is due, or the express remission of his right;\n\n(4) expiration of the time for which the royalty right was granted or happening of the dissolving condition attached to the mineral royalty; or\n\n(5) extinction of the right of him who established the mineral royalty, except that the extinction of a mineral servitude by inheritance or by any act of the servitude owner does not extinguish a royalty burdening the servitude unless the royalty owner is a party to the act or otherwise consents expressly and in writing to become bound by it.",
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      "number": "31",
      "name": "MINERAL CODE"
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      "number": "5",
      "name": "THE MINERAL ROYALTY PART 1. THE NATURE OF THE MINERAL ROYALTY"
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