California CodesCode of Civil Procedure - CCPPart 2 — Of Civil ActionsTitle 1 — Of the Form of Civil ActionsSection 308
In such action the party complaining is known as the plaintiff, and the adverse party as the defendant.
Notes
Defines the party complaining in the referenced action as the plaintiff and the adverse party as the defendant. The provision supplies those procedural labels only and states no separate pleading requirement, burden, deadline, remedy, exception, or substantive rule governing either party beyond identifying which side is called plaintiff and which is called defendant.
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