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Civil Code § 1657

TITLE 3. INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS

Current as of September 28, 2026Civ. Code, § 1657Official source ↗

Enacted 1872.

If no time is specified for the performance of an act required to be performed, a reasonable time is allowed. If the act is in its nature capable of being done instantly—as, for example, if it consists in the payment of money only—it must be performed immediately upon the thing to be done being exactly ascertained.