Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 10:3-117

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10

Subject to applicable law regarding exclusion of proof of contemporaneous or previous agreements, the obligation of a party to an instrument to pay the instrument may be modified, supplemented, or nullified only by a separate written agreement of the obligor and a person entitled to enforce the instrument, if the instrument is issued or the obligation is incurred in reliance on the agreement or as part of the same transaction giving rise to the agreement.  To the extent an obligation is modified, supplemented, or nullified by an agreement under this Section, the agreement is a defense to the obligation.  

Acts 1992, No. 1133, §3, eff. July 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1993, No. 948, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.  

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