California Codes, Code of Civil Procedure - CCP, Part 2 — Of Civil Actions, Title 8 — Of the Trial and Judgment in Civil Actions, Chapter 3 — Issues—The Mode of Trial and Postponements, Section 595.1
The term “proceeding in a court” as it is used in Section 595 shall include any discovery proceeding, pretrial conference, deposition, interrogatory, or any other proceeding arising out of a pending civil action.
The enactment of this section at the 1965 Regular Session of the Legislature does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, the preexisting law.
Notes
Defines proceeding in a court, for the referenced rule, to include discovery proceedings, pretrial conferences, depositions, interrogatories, and any other proceeding arising from a pending civil action. The provision states that its 1965 enactment did not change the law but declared the preexisting law.
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