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 594a
The court may, of its own motion, postpone the trial, if at the time fixed for the trial the court is engaged in the trial of another action; or if, as provided in section 473 of this code, an amendment of the pleadings, or the allowance of time to make such amendment, or to plead, renders a postponement necessary.
Notes
Allows the court on its own motion to postpone a trial when, at the scheduled trial time, it is engaged in another trial. It may also postpone when an amendment of pleadings, time allowed to amend, or time allowed to plead makes a postponement necessary under the referenced procedure.
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