Article 1350
ELI5— what this means for you
The cause of a contract is: (1) for onerous contracts — the service or benefit given to each party; (2) for gratuitous contracts — the liberality of the giver; (3) for remuneratory contracts — the service rendered.
Official text — RA 386
In onerous contracts the cause is understood to be, for each contracting party, the prestation or promise of a thing or service by the other; in remuneratory ones, the service or benefit which is remunerated; and in contracts of pure beneficence, the mere liberality of the benefactor. (1274)
Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)
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