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2021 California Code
Civil Code - CIV
DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS
PART 2 - CONTRACTS
TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT
CHAPTER 1 - Definition
Section 1550.
Universal Citation: CA Civ Code § 1550 (2021)
1550.
It is essential to the existence of a contract that there should be:
1. Parties capable of contracting;
2. Their consent;
3. A lawful object; and,
4. A sufficient cause or consideration.
(Enacted 1872.)
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