When a judgment or order of a court is conclusive, the judgment or order must be alleged in the pleadings if there be an opportunity to do so; if there be no such opportunity, the judgment or order may be used as evidence.
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 1908.5
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Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.
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