{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-26","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 26","heading":"","body":"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:\n(a) Contract.\n(b) Operation of law.","path":["Code of Civil Procedure - CCP","PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"dd9a0c02631aecc9e0290fc5f1b249f43d6dd9d1ef0dd22625fa5bea30656e33","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-25","next":"us-ca/ccp-27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}