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.

Terms Used In California Code of Civil Procedure 26

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17

(b) Operation of law.

(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 21. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.)