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The provisions of this Code shall be accorded a liberal construction in favor of freedom of disposition.  Whenever this Code is silent, resort shall be had to the Civil Code or other laws, but neither the Civil Code nor any other law shall be invoked to defeat a disposition sanctioned expressly or impliedly by this Code.