Section 471

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California Code › Code ccp › Part 2 › Title 6 › Chapter 8 › Section 471

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Where, however, the allegation of the claim or defense to which the proof is directed, is unproved, not in some particular or particulars only, but in its general scope and meaning, it is not to be deemed a case of variance, within the meaning of Sections 469 and 470, but a failure of proof.

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