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Article 555. A possessor may lose his

possession:

(1) By the abandonment of the thing;

(2) By an assignment made to another either

by onerous or gratuitous title;

(3) By the destruction or total loss of the

thing, or because it goes out of commerce;

(4) By the possession of another, subject to

the provisions of Article 537, if the new

possession has lasted longer than one year.

But the real right of possession is not lost till

after the lapse of ten years. (460a)

Article 537. Acts merely tolerated, and those

executed clandestinely and without the

knowledge of the possessor of a thing, or by

violence, do not affect possession. (444)