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.)