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PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

§ 5

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

The provisions of this Code, so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutes or the common law, must be construed as continuations thereof, and not as new enactments.

(Enacted 1872.)

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