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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2183.]

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2183.]

Section Twenty-one Hundred and Eighty-three. A common carrier must deliver every passenger’s luggage, whether within the prescribed weight or not, immediately upon the arrival of the passenger at his destination; and, unless the vehicle would be overcrowded or overloaded thereby,

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2196.]

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2196.]

Section Twenty-one Hundred and Ninety-six. A common carrier is liable for delay only when it is caused by his want of ordinary care and diligence.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2200.]

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2200.]

Section Twenty-two Hundred. A common carrier of gold, silver, platina, or precious stones, or of imitations thereof, in a manufactured or unmanufactured state; of timepieces of any description; of negotiable paper or other valuable writings; of pictures, glass, or chinaware; of s

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2204.]

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2204.]

Section Twenty-two Hundred and Four. If, from any cause other than want of ordinary care and diligence on his part, a common carrier is unable to deliver perishable property transported by him, and collect his charges thereon, he may cause the property to be sold in open market t

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2773.]

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2773.]

Section Twenty-seven Hundred and Seventy-three. An agreement to indemnify a person against an act thereafter to be done, is void, if the act be known by such person at the time of doing it to be unlawful.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2839.]

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2839.]

Section Twenty-eight Hundred and Thirty-nine. Performance of the principal obligation, or an offer of such performance, duly made as provided in this Code, exonerates a surety.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2930.]

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [2930.]

Section Twenty-nine Hundred and Thirty. Title acquired by the mortgagor subsequent to the execution of the mortgage, inures to the mortgagee as security for the debt in like manner as if acquired before the execution.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [3300.]

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [3300.]

Section Thirty-three Hundred. For the breach of an obligation arising from contract, the measure of damages, except where otherwise expressly provided by this Code, is the amount which will compensate the party aggrieved for all the detriment proximately caused thereby, or which,

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [3356.]

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [3356.]

Section Thirty-three Hundred and Fifty-six. For the purpose of estimating damages, the value of an instrument in writing is presumed to be equal to that of the property to which it entitles its owner.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [3380.]

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [3380.]

Section Thirty-three Hundred and Eighty. Any person having the possession or control of a particular article of personal property, of which he is not the owner, may be compelled specifically to deliver it to the person entitled to its immediate possession.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [3384.]

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [3384.]

Section Thirty-three Hundred and Eighty-four. Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the specific performance of an obligation may be compelled.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [3480.]

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [3480.]

A public nuisance is one which affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood, or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon individuals may be unequal.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [670.]

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [670.]

Section Six Hundred and Seventy. The State is the owner of all land below tide water, and below ordinary high-water mark, bordering upon tide water within the State; of all land below the water of a navigable lake or stream; of all property lawfully appropriated by it to its own

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [671.]

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [671.]

Any person, regardless of their citizenship status, may take, hold, and dispose of property, real or personal, within this state.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [710.]

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [710.]

Section Seven Hundred and Ten. Conditions imposing restraints upon marriage, except upon the marriage of a minor, are void; but this does not affect limitations where the intent was not to forbid marriage, but only to give the use until marriage.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [755.]

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [755.]

Section Seven Hundred and Fifty-five. Real property within the State is governed by the law of this State, except where the title is in the United States.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [762.]

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [762.]

Section Seven Hundred and Sixty-two. Every estate of inheritance is a fee, and every such estate, when not defeasible or conditional, is a fee simple or an absolute fee.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [766.]

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [766.]

Section Seven Hundred and Sixty-six. An estate during the life of a third person, whether limited to heirs or otherwise, is a freehold.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [802.]

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [802.]

Section Eight Hundred and Two. The following land burdens, or servitudes upon land, may be granted and held, though not attached to land: One—The right to pasture, and of fishing and taking game. Two—The right of a seat in church. Third—The right of burial. Four—The right of taki

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [830.]

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [830.]

Section Eight Hundred and Thirty. Except where the grant under which the land is held indicates a different intent, the owner of the upland, when it borders on tide water, takes to ordinary high-water mark; when it borders upon a navigable lake or stream, where there is no tide,

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [953.]

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § [953.]

Section Nine Hundred and Fifty-three. A thing in action is a right to recover money or other personal property by a judicial proceeding.

Clark v. Sweeney

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Clark v. Sweeney

The Fourth Circuit departed from the principle of party presentation and abused its discretion in granting a new trial.

Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Hunt

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Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Hunt

The limitations period in 31 U. S. C. §3731(b)(2)—which provides that a False Claims Act action must be brought within 3 years after the “the official of the United States charged with responsibility to act in the circumstances” knew or should have known the relevant facts, but …

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 1

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 1

This act shall be known as the Code of Civil Procedure, and is divided into four parts, as follows: Part I. Of Courts of Justice. II. Of Civil Actions. III. Of Special Proceedings of a Civil Nature. IV. Miscellaneous Provisions.

Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 10

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Code of Civil Procedure - CCP - CCP § 10

Holidays within the meaning of this code are every Sunday and any other days that are specified or provided for as judicial holidays in Section 135.