{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1549","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1549","heading":"","body":"A contract is an agreement to do or not to do a certain thing.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 2. CONTRACTS [1549. - 1701.]","TITLE 1. NATURE OF A CONTRACT [1549. - 1615.]","CHAPTER 1. Definition [1549. - 1550.5.]"],"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":"81519624bc91d2291552a00ef6427acb100e7aa2b0b2f4cd0ad4a358eb48d64c","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1543","next":"us-ca/civ-1550"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}