An obligation to pay can arise from certain lawful, voluntary and unilateral act which did not benefit anyone or which did not cause damages to another person.

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An obligation to pay typically arises from a contract, a quasi-contract, an act causing damage (delict), or an act that, though lawful and voluntary, benefits another (quasi-delict). It does not arise from acts that neither benefit anyone nor cause damage to another person.

An Obligation to Pay Can Arise from Certain Lawful, Voluntary