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PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

§ 26

California Code of Civil Procedure · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · 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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