TITLE XVII

COMPROMISE

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Section 850. A compromise is a contract whereby the parties settle a dispute, whether actual or contemplated by mutual concessions.

Section 851. A contract of compromise is not enforceable by action unless there be some written evidence signed by the party liable or his agent.

Section 852. The effect of the compromise is to extinguish the claims abandoned by each party and to secure to each party the rights which are declared to belong to him.

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