1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 27
  3. CHAPTER 1
  4. Part 1
  5. 27-1-105 Obligation defined

TITLE 27. CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS

CHAPTER 1. AVAILABILITY OF REMEDIES -- LIABILITY

Part 1. General Provisions

Obligation Defined

27-1-105. Obligation defined. An obligation is a legal duty by which one person is bound to do or not to do a certain thing and arises from:

(1) contract; or

(2) operation of law.

History: En. Sec. 3475, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 8083, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9001, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 26; re-en. Sec. 9001, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-2207.