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California Code of Civil Procedure

§ 22

CCP § 22
An action is an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice by which one party prosecutes another for the declaration, enforcement, or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1933, Ch. 742.

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