If the purpose of performance was determined in such a way that the recipient, in accepting it, was violating a statutory prohibition or offending common decency, then the recipient is obliged to surrender the performance. A claim to return is excluded if the person who rendered performance likewise was at fault for such a breach, unless the performance consisted in entering into an obligation; restitution may not be demanded of any performance rendered in performing such an obligation.
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Book 2 · Law of obligations › Title 26 · Unjust enrichment › Section 817
Breach of law or act offending common decency
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