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Title 1: Of the General Principles of Evidence

California Code of Civil Procedure – 2026

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Title 1: Of the General Principles of Evidence Chapter 2: Witnesses Article 2: Public Writings Article 3: Private Writings Article 4: Records Destroyed in Fire or Calamity Article 4.5: Private Records Destroyed in Disaster or Calamity Chapter 6: Indispensable Evidence Chapter 2: Means of Production Article 1: Mode of Taking the Testimony of Witnesses Article 2: Affidavits Chapter 1: General Provisions Article 1: General Provisions Article 2: Scope of Discovery in Specific Contexts Article 3: Violation of the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act Chapter 4: Attorney Work Product Article 1: General Provisions Article 2: Methods and Sequence of Discovery in Specific Contexts Article 1: General Provisions Article 2: Procedures Applicable to All Types of Deposition Subpoenas Article 3: Subpoena Commanding Only Attendance and Testimony of the Deponent Article 4: Subpoena Commanding Only Production of Business Records for Copying Article 5: Subpoena Commanding Both Production of Business Records and Attendance and Testimony of the Deponent Chapter 7: Sanctions Chapter 8: Time for Completion of Discovery Article 1: General Provisions Article 2: Deposition Notice Article 3: Conduct of Deposition Article 4: Objections, Sanctions, Protective Orders, Motions to Compel, and Suspension of Depositions Article 5: Transcript or Recording Article 6: Post-Deposition Procedures Chapter 10: Oral Deposition Outside California Chapter 11: Deposition by Written Questions Article 1: Interstate and International Depositions and Discovery Act Article 1: Propounding Interrogatories Article 2: Response to Interrogatories Article 3: Use of Interrogatory Answer Article 1: Inspection Demand Article 2: Response to Inspection Demand Article 3: Inspection and Production of Documents and Other Property in Specific Contexts Article 1: General Provisions Article 2: Physical Examination of Personal Injury Plaintiff Article 3: Motion for Physical or Mental Examination Article 4: Failure To Submit To or Produce Another for Physical or Mental Examination Article 5: Conduct of Examination Article 6: Reports of Examination Article 1: Requests For Admission Article 2: Response to Requests For Admission Article 3: Effect of Admission Chapter 17: Form Interrogatories and Requests for Admission Article 1: General Provisions Article 2: Demand for Exchange of Expert Witness Information Article 3: Deposition of Expert Witness Article 4: Motion To Augment or Amend Expert Witness List or Declaration Article 5: Motion To Submit Tardy Expert Witness Information Chapter 19: Perpetuation of Testimony or Preservation of Evidence Before Filing Action Chapter 20: Perpetuation of Testimony or Preservation of Information Pending Appeal Title 5: Of the Rights and Duties of Witnesses Chapter 1: Evidence in Particular Cases [2074 - [2077.]] Chapter 3: Administration of Oaths and Affirmations Title 7: Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act
§ 1855 When any map which has been recorded in the office of the recorder of any county is injured, destroyed, lost, or stolen, any person interested may fil… § 1856 (a) Terms set forth in a writing intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement with respect to the terms included therein may not b… § 1857 The language of a writing is to be interpreted according to the meaning it bears in the place of its execution, unless the parties have reference to a… § 1858 In the construction of a statute or instrument, the office of the Judge is simply to ascertain and declare what is in terms or in substance contained … § 1859 In the construction of a statute the intention of the Legislature, and in the construction of the instrument the intention of the parties, is to be pu… § 1860 For the proper construction of an instrument, the circumstances under which it was made, including the situation of the subject of the instrument, and… § 1861 The terms of a writing are presumed to have been used in their primary and general acceptation, but evidence is nevertheless admissible that they have… § 1862 When an instrument consists partly of written words and partly of a printed form, and the two are inconsistent, the former controls the latter. § 1864 When the terms of an agreement have been intended in a different sense by the different parties to it, that sense is to prevail against either party i… § 1865 A written notice, as well as every other writing, is to be construed according to the ordinary acceptation of its terms. § 1866 When a statute or instrument is equally susceptible of two interpretations, one in favor of natural right, and the other against it, the former is to …