Sections
5 entriesSection 1697Allows parties to a contract that is not in writing to modify it in any respect by giving written consent, without new…Section 1698Allows a written contract to be modified by another writing, by an executed oral agreement, or, unless expressly prohibited, by an oral…Section 1699Establishes that intentionally destroying or canceling a written contract, or the signatures of the parties liable on it, with intent to extinguish…Section 1700Establishes that a beneficiary’s intentional destruction, cancellation, or material alteration of a written contract, or such an act done with the beneficiary’s…Section 1701Exempts alteration or destruction of one copy of a contract executed in duplicate from the rule extinguishing executory obligations when the other…