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Civil Code - CIV

DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427 - 3273.69]

  ( Heading of Division 3 amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 160, Sec. 14. )
  

PART 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL [1427 - 1543]

  ( Part 1 enacted 1872. )
  

TITLE 1. DEFINITION OF OBLIGATIONS [1427 - [1428.]]

  ( Title 1 enacted 1872. )
  
1427.  

An obligation is a legal duty, by which a person is bound to do or not to do a certain thing.

(Enacted 1872.)