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Code of Civil Procedure § 588

CHAPTER 3. Issues—The Mode of Trial and Postponements

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 588Official source ↗

Enacted 1872.

Issues arise upon the pleadings when a fact or a conclusion of law is maintained by the one party and is controverted by the other. They are of two kinds:

1. Of law; and,

2. Of fact.