{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"1598","citation":"Civ. Code, § 1598","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3"},{"name":"PART 2. CONTRACTS [1549. - 1701.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 1. NATURE OF A CONTRACT [1549. - 1615.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-2/title-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Object of a Contract [1595. - 1599.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-2/title-1/chapter-4"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Where a contract has but a single object, and such object is unlawful, whether in whole or in part, or wholly impossible of performance, or so vaguely expressed as to be wholly unascertainable, the entire contract is void.</p>","text":"Where a contract has but a single object, and such object is unlawful, whether in whole or in part, or wholly impossible of performance, or so vaguely expressed as to be wholly unascertainable, the entire contract is void.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/object-of-a-contract-1598","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}