Pen. Code, § 962 · Chapter 2. Rules of Pleading
Pen. Code, § 962
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In pleading a judgment or other determination of, or proceeding before, a Court or officer of special jurisdiction, it is not necessary to state the facts constituting jurisdiction; but the judgment or determination may be stated as given or made, or the proceedings had. The facts constituting jurisdiction, however, must be established on the trial.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted 1872.
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