California · Civil Code

CIV §1595: The object of a contract is the thing which it is agreed, on the part of the party receiving the consideration, to do or not to do.

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A contract's object is what one party agrees to do or refrain from doing in exchange for consideration from the other party.

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The object of a contract is the thing which it is agreed, on the part of the party receiving the consideration, to do or not to do.

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