Sections
5 entriesSection 1595Defines the object of a contract as the thing the party receiving the consideration agrees to do or not to do. The…Section 1596Requires the object of a contract to be lawful when the contract is made and to be both possible and ascertainable by…Section 1597Defines possibility broadly by treating everything as possible except what is impossible in the nature of things. The rule sets impossibility in…Section 1598Establishes that a contract with only one object is entirely void if that object is unlawful in whole or part, wholly impossible…Section 1599Establishes that when a contract contains several distinct objects and at least one is lawful while at least one is unlawful in…