GroundRules
CCP § 431.20
Where this section sits in the code
- Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
- PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307. - 1062.34.]
- TITLE 6. OF THE PLEADINGS IN CIVIL ACTIONS [420. - 475.]
- CHAPTER 3. Objections to Pleadings; Denials and Defenses [430.10. - 432.10.]
- ARTICLE 2. Denials and Defenses [431.10. - 431.70.]
(a) Every material allegation of the complaint or cross-complaint, not controverted by the answer, shall, for the purposes of the action, be taken as true.
(b) The statement of any new matter in the answer, in avoidance or constituting a defense, shall, on the trial, be deemed controverted by the opposite party.
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