California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 3 — Obligations, Part 1 — Obligations in General, Title 1 — Definition of Obligations, Section 1427
An obligation is a legal duty, by which a person is bound to do or not to do a certain thing.
Notes
Defines an obligation as a legal duty binding a person either to do a specified thing or to refrain from doing it. The definition treats both affirmative duties and duties not to act as obligations for purposes of the statutory rules governing legal duties.
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