“Principal amount of the judgment” means the total amount of the judgment as entered or as last renewed, together with the costs thereafter added to the judgment pursuant to Section 685.090, reduced by any partial satisfactions of such amount and costs and by any amounts no longer enforceable.
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 680.300
Short Title and Definitions
Known as the Enforcement of Judgments Law
The act spans §§ 680.010 to 724.260 (467 sections).
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2
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