{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-2331","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 2331","heading":"","body":"A principal is bound by an incomplete execution of an authority, when it is consistent with the whole purpose and scope thereof, but not otherwise.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","TITLE 9. AGENCY [2295. - 2400.]","CHAPTER 1. Agency in General [2295. - 2357.]","ARTICLE 3. Mutual Obligations of Principals and Third Persons [2330. - 2339.]"],"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":"cc9ba530fb7fb96221e2a88a2346c78361b4c5bdaaa14732817c1d97e6d75d74","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-2330","next":"us-ca/civ-2332"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}