An obligation is a legal duty, by which one person is bound to do or not to do a certain thing, and arises from either of the following:
(a) Contract.
(b) Operation of law.
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 26
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 21
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