Cap. 16 Art. 1865Acts which the mandatary may perform.

(1) For the carrying out of the mandate, the mandatary may institute legal proceedings; make and prosecute appeals; make proof by reference to the oath of his adversary; take the oath in litem or the suppletory oath; enforce judgments both on movable and immovable property; make demand for the issue of precautionary acts including those for the issue of which an application or declaration on oath is required; make demand for the personal arrest of the debtor of the mandator, where such demand is competent; and do any other thing which the mandator might do personally, notwithstanding that such powers have not been expressly given in the mandate.

(2) The mandatary may also, in virtue of the said powers, be a defendant on behalf of the mandator, in any law-suit concerning the matter included in the mandate.