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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 2. CONTRACTS [1549 - 1701]

  ( Part 2 enacted 1872. )
  

TITLE 1. NATURE OF A CONTRACT [1549 - 1615]

  ( Title 1 enacted 1872. )
  

CHAPTER 1. Definition [1549 - 1550.5]
  ( Chapter 1 enacted 1872. )

  
1549.  

A contract is an agreement to do or not to do a certain thing.

(Enacted 1872.)