California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 3 — Obligations, Part 4 — Obligations Arising from Particular Transactions, Title 12 — Indemnity, Section 2772
Indemnity is a contract by which one engages to save another from a legal consequence of the conduct of one of the parties, or of some other person.
Notes
Defines indemnity as a contract in which one person undertakes to save another from a legal consequence arising from the conduct of one of the parties or from the conduct of another person. The defining feature is the contractual undertaking to protect another from that stated legal consequence.
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