{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1451","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Principle","number":"1451","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1451/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK V - OBLIGATIONS","title":"TITLE I - CONTRACTS IN GENERAL","chapter":"Chapter 7. - Modalities of Obligations","section":"Section 1. - Special Terms of Obligations or Contracts","paragraph":"Paragraph 2. - Conditional Obligations"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"An obligation is conditional where, in virtue of the contract, its effect has been made dependent upon a future and uncertain event.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1451/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":410,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/410/?article=1451&paragraph=lead#article-1451-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}