Code Civ. Proc., § 431.20 · Article 2. Denials and Defenses
Code Civ. Proc., § 431.20
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(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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History
Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 244.
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