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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1053.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1053.]
Section Ten Hundred and Fifty-three. A transfer in writing is called a grant, or conveyance, or bill of sale. The term “grant,” in this and the next two Articles, includes all these instruments, unless it is specially applied to real property.
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1110.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1110.]
Section Eleven Hundred and Ten. An instrument purporting to be a grant of real property, to take effect upon condition precedent, passes the estate upon the performance of the condition.
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1112.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1112.]
Section Eleven Hundred and Twelve. A transfer of land, bounded by a highway, passes the title of the person whose estate is transferred to the soil of the highway in front to the center thereof, unless a different intent appears from the grant.
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1114.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1114.]
Section Eleven Hundred and Fourteen. The term “incumbrances” includes taxes, assessments, and all liens upon real property.
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1170.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1170.]
Section Eleven Hundred and Seventy. An instrument is deemed to be recorded when, being duly acknowledged or proved and certified, it is deposited in the Recorder’s office, with the proper officer, for record.
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1199.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1199.]
Section Eleven Hundred and Ninety-nine. The evidence taken under the preceding section must satisfactorily prove to the officer the following facts: One—The existence of one or more of the conditions mentioned therein; and, Two—That the witness testifying knew the person whose na
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1428.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1428.]
Section Fourteen Hundred and Twenty-eight. An obligation arises either from: One—The contract of the parties; or, Two—The operation of law. An obligation arising from operation of law may be enforced in the manner provided by law, or by civil action or proceeding.
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1479.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1479.]
Section Fourteen Hundred and Seventy-nine. Where a debtor, under several obligations to another, does an act, by way of performance, in whole or in part, which is equally applicable to two or more of such obligations, such performance must be applied as follows: One—If, at the ti
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1488.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1488.]
Section Fourteen Hundred and Eighty-eight. An offer of performance must be made to the creditor, or to any one of two or more joint creditors, or to a person authorized by one or more of them to receive or collect what is due under the obligation, if such creditor or authorized p
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1512.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1512.]
Section Fifteen Hundred and Twelve. If the performance of an obligation be prevented by the creditor, the debtor is entitled to all the benefits which he would have obtained if it had been performed by both parties.
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1521.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1521.]
Section Fifteen Hundred and Twenty-one. An accord is an agreement to accept, in extinction of an obligation, something different from or less than that to which the person agreeing to accept is entitled.
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1524.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1524.]
Section Fifteen Hundred and Twenty-four. Part performance of an obligation, either before or after a breach thereof, when expressly accepted by the creditor in writing, in satisfaction, or rendered in pursuance of an agreement in writing for that purpose, though without any new c
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1533.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1533.]
Section Fifteen Hundred and Thirty-three. When the obligation of a third person, or an order upon such person is accepted in satisfaction, the creditor may rescind such (such) acceptance if the debtor prevents such person from complying with the order, or from fulfilling the obli
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1840.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1840.]
Section Eighteen Hundred and Forty. The liability of a depositary for negligence cannot exceed the amount which he is informed by the depositor, or has reason to suppose, the thing deposited to be worth.
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1914.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1914.]
Section Nineteen Hundred and Fourteen. Whenever a loan of money is made, it is presumed to be made upon interest, unless it is otherwise expressly stipulated at the time in writing.
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1915.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1915.]
Section Nineteen Hundred and Fifteen. Interest is the compensation allowed by law or fixed by the parties for the use, or forbearance, or detention of money.
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1941.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [1941.]
Section Nineteen Hundred and Forty-one. The lessor of a building intended for the occupation of human beings must, in the absence of an agreement to the contrary, put it into a condition fit for such occupation, and repair all subsequent dilapidations thereof, which render it unt
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2120.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2120.]
Section Twenty-one Hundred and Twenty. If, for any reason, a carrier does not deliver freight to the consignee or his agent personally, he must give notice to the consignee of its arrival, and keep the same in safety, upon his responsibility as a warehouseman, until the consignee
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2121.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2121.]
Section Twenty-one Hundred and Twenty-one. If a consignee does not accept and remove freight within a reasonable time after the carrier has fulfilled his obligation to deliver, or duly offered to fulfill the same, the carrier may exonerate himself from further liability by placin
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2162.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2162.]
Section Twenty-one Hundred and Sixty-two. A carrier of messages for reward, must use great care and diligence in the transmission and delivery of messages.
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2168.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2168.]
Section Twenty-one Hundred and Sixty-eight. Every one who offers to the public to carry persons, property, or messages, excepting only telegraphic messages, is a common carrier of whatever he thus offers to carry.
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2172.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2172.]
Section Twenty-one Hundred and Seventy-two. A common carrier must start at such time and place as he announces to the public, unless detained by accident or the elements, or in order to connect with carriers on other lines of travel.
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2174.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2174.]
Section Twenty-one Hundred and Seventy-four. The obligations of a common carrier cannot be limited by general notice on his part, but may be limited by special contract.
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2176.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2176.]
Section Twenty-one Hundred and Seventy-six. A passenger, consignor, or consignee, by accepting a ticket, bill of lading, or written contract for carriage, with a knowledge of its terms, assents to the rate of hire, the time, place, and manner of delivery therein stated; and also
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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2177.]
Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2177.]
Section Twenty-one Hundred and Seventy-seven. A common carrier is not responsible for loss or miscarriage of a letter, or package having the form of a letter, containing money or notes, bills of exchange, or other papers of value, unless he be informed at the time of its receipt