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California Code of Civil Procedure · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California
An obligation is a legal duty, by which one person is bound to do or not to do a certain thing, and arises from either of the following:
(a) Contract.
(b) Operation of law.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 21. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.)
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