California Evidence Code Section 400

CA Ev Code § 400 (2017)  

As used in this article, “preliminary fact” means a fact upon the existence or nonexistence of which depends the admissibility or inadmissibility of evidence. The phrase “the admissibility or inadmissibility of evidence” includes the qualification or disqualification of a person to be a witness and the existence or nonexistence of a privilege.

(Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018