{"data":{"id":"us-ca/evid-8","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EVID § 8","heading":"","body":"The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future, the present.","path":["Evidence Code - EVID","DIVISION 1. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND CONSTRUCTION [1. - 12.]"],"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":"4adc31c0053235dee23a6cdbf3bc993715b782f609f1d01ee9e2bb85b8fb4003","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/evid-7","next":"us-ca/evid-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}