DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3273›PART 2. CONTRACTS 1549-1701›TITLE 1. NATURE OF A CONTRACT 1549-1615›CHAPTER 5. Consideration 1605-1615

§ 1610

California Civil Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

When a consideration is executory, it is not indispensable that the contract should specify its amount or the means of ascertaining it. It may be left to the decision of a third person, or regulated by any specified standard.

(Enacted 1872.)

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