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California Civil Code

§ 1197

CIV § 1197Div. 2 · Title 4 · Part 4 · Ch. 4 · Art. 3
The subscribing witness must prove that the person whose name is subscribed to the instrument as a party is the person described in it, and that such person executed it, and that the witness subcribed his name thereto as a witness.

Legislative history

Enacted 1872.

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