{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 5","heading":"","body":"The provisions of this Code, so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutes or the common law, must be construed as continuations thereof, and not as new enactments.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"7719e3a354bcc49f0959af673d5d00df8c9e1d909e4665bf7b1dac5d3f448fc9","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-4","next":"us-ca/civ-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}