California · Code of Civil Procedure - CCP

CCP §42: Adjournments from day to day, or from time to time, are to be construed as recesses in the sessions, and shall not prevent the Supreme Court or the courts of appeal from sitting at any time.

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Courts may adjourn proceedings from day to day or at different times. These adjournments are recesses that do not prevent the Supreme Court or appeals courts from meeting at other times.

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Adjournments from day to day, or from time to time, are to be construed as recesses in the sessions, and shall not prevent the Supreme Court or the courts of appeal from sitting at any time.

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