{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"1605","citation":"Civ. Code, § 1605","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 5. Consideration [1605. - 1615.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-2/title-1/chapter-5"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Any benefit conferred, or agreed to be conferred, upon the promisor, by any other person, to which the promisor is not lawfully entitled, or any prejudice suffered, or agreed to be suffered, by such person, other than such as he is at the time of consent lawfully bound to suffer, as an inducement to the promisor, is a good consideration for a promise.</p>","text":"Any benefit conferred, or agreed to be conferred, upon the promisor, by any other person, to which the promisor is not lawfully entitled, or any prejudice suffered, or agreed to be suffered, by such person, other than such as he is at the time of consent lawfully bound to suffer, as an inducement to the promisor, is a good consideration for a promise.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/consideration-1605","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}