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 420
The pleadings are the formal allegations by the parties of their respective claims and defenses, for the judgment of the Court.
Notes
Defines pleadings as the parties’ formal allegations of their respective claims and defenses submitted for the court’s judgment. The provision supplies that procedural definition only and states no filing deadline, required form, permitted pleading type, evidentiary burden, exception, or other substantive rule beyond identifying what pleadings are.
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