California Codes, Code of Civil Procedure - CCP, Part 2 — Of Civil Actions, Title 8 — Of the Trial and Judgment in Civil Actions, Chapter 7 — Provisions Relating to Trials in General, Article 2 — New Trials, Section 656
A new trial is a re-examination of an issue of fact in the same court after a trial and decision by a jury, court, or referee.
Notes
Defines a new trial as a re-examination of an issue of fact in the same court after that issue has already been tried and decided. The prior decision may have been made by a jury, the court, or a referee; the definition does not include a different court.
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