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ARTIFICIAL CONDITION
An artificial condition is a future and uncertain event on which the existence or extent of an obligation or liability depends. It is a stipulation or prerequisite in a contract, will, or other instrument, constituting the essence of the instrument. It can be a term, provision, or clause in a contract. An artificial condition can be affirmative, casual, collateral, compulsory, concurrent, constructive, dependent, disjunctive, inherent, lawful, mixed, negative, positive, potestative, preexisting, promissory, resolutory, restrictive, single, or suspensive.
These examples illustrate how an artificial condition can be different types of conditions that affect the existence or extent of an obligation or liability. In the first example, the failure to repair the car is a constructive condition that negates the duty