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California Civil Code

§ 1699

CIV § 1699Div. 3 · Title 5 · Part 2 · Ch. 3
The destruction or cancellation of a written contract, or of the signature of the parties liable thereon, with intent to extinguish the obligation thereof, extinguishes it as to all the parties consenting to the act.

Legislative history

Enacted 1872.

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