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2025 California Code
Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
PART 2 - OF CIVIL ACTIONS
TITLE 6 - OF THE PLEADINGS IN CIVIL ACTIONS
CHAPTER 1 - The Pleadings in General
Section 421.
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CA Civ Pro Code § 421 (2025)
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421. The forms of pleading in civil actions, and the rules by which the sufficiency of the pleadings is to be determined, are those prescribed in this Code.
(Enacted 1872.)
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