{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1438","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1438","heading":"","body":"A condition subsequent is one referring to a future event, upon the happening of which the obligation becomes no longer binding upon the other party, if he chooses to avail himself of the condition.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL [1427. - 1543.]","TITLE 2. INTERPRETATION OF OBLIGATIONS [1429. - 1451.]","CHAPTER 3. Conditional Obligations [1434. - 1442.]"],"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":"ab79edd8a519d9069373ea5539af2bbb69d460aaae2bf345ce1a9fe888d7e120","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1437","next":"us-ca/civ-1439"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}