Civ. Code, § 1595 · Chapter 4. Object of a Contract

Civ. Code, § 1595

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

The object of a contract is the thing which it is agreed, on the part of the party receiving the consideration, to do or not to do.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Enacted 1872.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=1595.
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