{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"2331","citation":"Civ. Code, § 2331","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 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4"},{"name":"TITLE 9. AGENCY [2295. - 2400.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-9"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Agency in General [2295. - 2357.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-9/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Mutual Obligations of Principals and Third Persons [2330. - 2339.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-9/chapter-1/article-3"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>A principal is bound by an incomplete execution of an authority, when it is consistent with the whole purpose and scope thereof, but not otherwise.</p>","text":"A principal is bound by an incomplete execution of an authority, when it is consistent with the whole purpose and scope thereof, but not otherwise.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/mutual-obligations-of-principals-and-third-persons-2331","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}