Title 18 — Business Structure and Function
60 chapters · 1,419 sections in this title.
18 GCA § 30101 What is Indemnity
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Indemnity is a contract by one engages to save another from a legal consequence of the conduct of one of the parties, or of some other person. SOURCE: CC § 2772.
18 GCA § 30102 Wrongful Act Void
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COL120106 An agreement to indemnify a person against an act thereafter to be done, is void, if the act be known by such person at the time of doing it to be unlawful. SOURCE: CC § 2773.
18 GCA § 30103 Past Act Valid
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An agreement to indemnify a person against an act already done, is valid, even though the act was known to be wrongful, unless it was a felony. SOURCE: CC § 2774.
18 GCA § 30104 Indemnity Covers Agent's Acts
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An agreement to indemnify against the acts of a certain person, applies not only to his acts, but also to those of his agents. SOURCE: CC § 2775.
18 GCA § 30105 Indemnity to Several
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An agreement to indemnify several persons applies to each, unless a contrary intention appears. SOURCE: CC § 2776.
18 GCA § 30106 Persons Indemnifying Generally
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One who indemnifies another against an act to be done by the latter is liable jointly with the person indemnified, and separately, to every person injured by such act. SOURCE: CC § 2777.
18 GCA § 30107 General Rules
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In the interpretation of a contract of indemnity, the following rules are to be applied, unless a contrary intention appears: 1. Upon an indemnity against liability, expressly, or in other equivalent terms, the person indemnified is entitled to recover upon becoming liable; 2. Up…
18 GCA § 30108 When Person Indemnifying is a Surety
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Where one, at the request of another, engages to answer in damages, whether liquidated or unliquidated, for any violation of duty on the part of the latter, he is entitled to be reimbursed in the same manner as a surety, for whatever he may pay. SOURCE: CC § 2779.
18 GCA § 30109 Bail
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Upon those contracts of indemnity which are taken in legal proceedings as the security for performance of an obligation imposed or declared by the tribunals, and known as undertakings or recognizances, the sureties are called bail. SOURCE: CC § 2780.
18 GCA § 30110 How Regulated
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COL120106 The obligations of bail are governed by the laws specially applicable thereto. SOURCE: CC § 2781. NOTE: No 1970 Civil Code '§ 2782 - 2786 existed. ---------- COL120106 COL120106