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PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS 307-1062.34›TITLE 8. OF THE TRIAL AND JUDGMENT IN CIVIL ACTIONS 577-674›CHAPTER 3. Issues—The Mode of Trial and Postponements 588-599

§ 594a

California Code of Civil Procedure · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The court may, of its own motion, postpone the trial, if at the time fixed for the trial the court is engaged in the trial of another action; or if, as provided in section 473 of this code, an amendment of the pleadings, or the allowance of time to make such amendment, or to plead, renders a postponement necessary.

(Added by Stats. 1933, Ch. 744.)

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