Civ. Code, § [1521.] · Chapter 4. Accord and Satisfaction [[1521.] - 1526.
Civ. Code, § [1521.]
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Section Fifteen Hundred and Twenty-one. An accord is an agreement to accept, in extinction of an obligation, something different from or less than that to which the person agreeing to accept is entitled.
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Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.
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