{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"616","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 616","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307. - 1062.34.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 8. OF THE TRIAL AND JUDGMENT IN CIVIL ACTIONS [577. - 674.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-8"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Trial by Jury [607. - 630.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-8/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Conduct of the Trial [607. - 619.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-8/chapter-4/article-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 984.","effective":null,"html":"<p>In all cases where the jury are discharged without having rendered a verdict, or are prevented from giving a verdict, by reason of accident or other cause, during the progress of the trial, or after the cause is submitted to them, except as provided in Section <a href=\"/ccp/630\">630</a>, the action may be again tried immediately, or at a future time, as the court may direct.</p>","text":"In all cases where the jury are discharged without having rendered a verdict, or are prevented from giving a verdict, by reason of accident or other cause, during the progress of the trial, or after the cause is submitted to them, except as provided in Section 630, the action may be again tried immediately, or at a future time, as the court may direct.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/conduct-of-the-trial-616","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}