Discovery
				Code Provisions
					The Discovery Act of 1986

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Code of Civil Procedure Section 2016 that the discovery provisions  to be cited as
the "Civil Discovery Act of 1986" and defines other terms as follows:.

CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
SECTION 2016

2016.  (a) This article may be cited as the Civil Discovery Act of
1986.
   (b) As used in this article:
   (1) "Action" includes a civil action and a special proceeding of a
civil nature.
   (2) "Court" means the trial court in which the action is pending,
unless otherwise specified.
   (3) "Document" and "writing" mean a writing as defined in Section
250 of the Evidence Code.
   (c) This article applies to discovery in aid of enforcement of a
money judgment only to the extent provided in Article 1 (commencing
with Section 708.010) of  Chapter 6 of Title 9 of Part 2.
(Annotations by Ed-June 21,2001)

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