PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS 307-1062.20›TITLE 8. OF THE TRIAL AND JUDGMENT IN CIVIL ACTIONS 577-674›CHAPTER 5. Trial by the Court 631-636
§ 636
California Code of Civil Procedure · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
On a judgment for the plaintiff upon an issue of law, he may proceed in the manner prescribed by the first two subdivisions of Section 585, upon the failure of the defendant to answer. If judgment be for the defendant upon an issue of law, and the taking of an account, or the proof of any fact, be necessary to enable the Court to complete the judgment, a reference may be ordered, as in that section provided.
(Enacted 1872.)
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