Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division. They do not govern the construction of any other division.
Cal. Evid. Code § 900
Definitions
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 42 Cal. 3d 1157 - Oren Royal Oaks Venture v. Greenberg, Bernard, Weiss & Karma Inc. (1986)
Most recently applied in 226 Cal. App. 4th 1530 - Regents of University of California v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (May 2014)
Enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299.
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.