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Conditional Obligation

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

An obligation subject to a condition. In Louisiana. An implied obligation. See 2 La. Ann. 989, 991.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One depending upon the existence of a condition.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

An obligation is conditional when the rights or duties of any party thereto depend upon the oecurrence of an uncertain event. Civil Caile Cal, § 1484. The Lonisiana Code defines conditional obligations as those which result from the operation of law, from the nature of the contract, or from the presumed intent of the parties. 2 La. Ann. 989.