California Codes, 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
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.
Notes
Requires the forms of pleading in civil actions and the rules for determining whether pleadings are sufficient to be those prescribed in the Code. The provision makes the Code's prescribed pleading forms and sufficiency rules controlling for civil actions rather than supplying a separate pleading standard.
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