California Code of Civil Procedure 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.(Enacted 1872.)
• Section 421.
  The forms of pleading in civil actions, and the rules by which the sufficiency of the pleadings is to be determined, are those prescribed in...
• Section 422.10.
  The pleadings allowed in civil actions are complaints, demurrers, answers, and cross-complaints.(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 244.)
• Section 422.30.
  (a) Every pleading shall contain a caption setting forth:(1) The name of the court and county in which the action is brought.(2) The title of the action.(b) In a...
• Section 422.40.
  In the complaint, the title of the action shall include the names of all the parties; but, except as otherwise provided by statute or rule...

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