{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"1606","citation":"Civ. Code, § 1606","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>An existing legal obligation resting upon the promisor, or a moral obligation originating in some benefit conferred upon the promisor, or prejudice suffered by the promisee, is also a good consideration for a promise, to an extent corresponding with the extent of the obligation, but no further or otherwise.</p>","text":"An existing legal obligation resting upon the promisor, or a moral obligation originating in some benefit conferred upon the promisor, or prejudice suffered by the promisee, is also a good consideration for a promise, to an extent corresponding with the extent of the obligation, but no further or otherwise.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/consideration-1606","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}