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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 1600

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 1600

(a) The record of an instrument or other document purporting to establish or affect an interest in property is prima facie evidence of the existence and content of the original recorded document and its execution and delivery by each person by whom it purports to have been execut

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 1601

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 1601

(a) Subject to subdivisions (b) and (c), when in any action it is desired to prove the contents of the official record of any writing lost or destroyed by conflagration or other public calamity, after proof of such loss or destruction, the following may, without further proof, be

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 1603

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 1603

A deed of conveyance of real property, purporting to have been executed by a proper officer in pursuance of legal process of any of the courts of record of this state, acknowledged and recorded in the office of the recorder of the county wherein the real property therein describe

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 1604

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 1604

A certificate of purchase, or of location, of any lands in this state, issued or made in pursuance of any law of the United States or of this state, is prima facie evidence that the holder or assignee of such certificate is the owner of the land described therein; but this eviden

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 1605

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 1605

Duplicate copies and authenticated translations of original Spanish title papers relating to land claims in this state, derived from the Spanish or Mexican governments, prepared under the supervision of the Keeper of Archives, authenticated by the Surveyor-General or his successo

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 165

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 165

“Oath” includes affirmation or declaration under penalty of perjury.

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 170

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 170

“Perceive” means to acquire knowledge through one’s senses.

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 175

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 175

“Person” includes a natural person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or public entity.

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 177

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 177

“Dependent person” means a person, regardless of whether the person lives independently, who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially restricts his or her ability to carry out normal activities or to protect his or her rights, including, but not limited to, persons

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 180

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 180

“Personal property” includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt.

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 185

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 185

“Property” includes both real and personal property.

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 190

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 190

“Proof” is the establishment by evidence of a requisite degree of belief concerning a fact in the mind of the trier of fact or the court.

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 195

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 195

“Public employee” means an officer, agent, or employee of a public entity.

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 2

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 2

The rule of the common law, that statutes in derogation thereof are to be strictly construed, has no application to this code. This code establishes the law of this state respecting the subject to which it relates, and its provisions are to be liberally construed with a view to e

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 200

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 200

“Public entity” includes a nation, state, county, city and county, city, district, public authority, public agency, or any other political subdivision or public corporation, whether foreign or domestic.

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 205

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 205

“Real property” includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments.

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 210

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 210

“Relevant evidence” means evidence, including evidence relevant to the credibility of a witness or hearsay declarant, having any tendency in reason to prove or disprove any disputed fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action.

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 215

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 215

“Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code.

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 220

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 220

“State” means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. In the latter case, it includes any state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States.

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 225

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 225

“Statement” means (a) oral or written verbal expression or (b) nonverbal conduct of a person intended by him as a substitute for oral or written verbal expression.

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 230

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 230

“Statute” includes a treaty and a constitutional provision.

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 235

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 235

“Trier of fact” includes (a) the jury and (b) the court when the court is trying an issue of fact other than one relating to the admissibility of evidence.

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 240

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 240

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), “unavailable as a witness” means that the declarant is any of the following: (1) Exempted or precluded on the ground of privilege from testifying concerning the matter to which his or her statement is relevant. (2) Disqualified

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 250

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 250

“Writing” means handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, photocopying, transmitting by electronic mail or facsimile, and every other means of recording upon any tangible thing, any form of communication or representation, including letters, words, pictures

Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 255

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Evidence Code - EVID - EVID § 255

“Original” means the writing itself or any counterpart intended to have the same effect by a person executing or issuing it. An “original” of a photograph includes the negative or any print therefrom. If data are stored in a computer or similar device, any printout or other outpu