California Evidence Code

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codified law evidence code statute

The California Evidence Code is a comprehensive statutory framework that governs the admissibility and use of evidence in California courts.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
California Evidence Code canonical	7
Cal. Evid. Code	1
California Evidence Code §§ 1 et seq.	1
Evidence Code § 1150	1
Evidence Code § 1200	1
Evidence Code § 352	1
Evidence Code § 402	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2965368 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: California Evidence Code
Context triple: [Superior Court of California, County of Stanislaus, appliesProceduralLaw, California Evidence Code]

A. Oregon Evidence Code
The Oregon Evidence Code is the body of rules that governs what evidence is admissible and how it may be used in legal proceedings in Oregon’s courts.
B. California Codes
California Codes are the comprehensive collection of codified laws that govern the state of California across various legal domains, including government, civil, penal, and other statutory areas.
C. California Government Code
The California Government Code is a comprehensive collection of state statutes that organizes and regulates the structure, powers, and procedures of California’s state and local government.
D. California Financial Code
The California Financial Code is a body of state statutory law that regulates financial institutions and financial services activities within California.
E. California Code of Civil Procedure
The California Code of Civil Procedure is the primary body of statutory law governing civil litigation processes and procedures in the state of California.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: California Evidence Code
Target entity description: The California Evidence Code is a comprehensive statutory framework that governs the admissibility and use of evidence in California courts.

A. Oregon Evidence Code
The Oregon Evidence Code is the body of rules that governs what evidence is admissible and how it may be used in legal proceedings in Oregon’s courts.
B. California Codes
California Codes are the comprehensive collection of codified laws that govern the state of California across various legal domains, including government, civil, penal, and other statutory areas.
C. California Government Code
The California Government Code is a comprehensive collection of state statutes that organizes and regulates the structure, powers, and procedures of California’s state and local government.
D. California Financial Code
The California Financial Code is a body of state statutory law that regulates financial institutions and financial services activities within California.
E. California Code of Civil Procedure
The California Code of Civil Procedure is the primary body of statutory law governing civil litigation processes and procedures in the state of California.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	codified law ⓘ evidence code ⓘ statute ⓘ
administeredBy	California judiciary ⓘ linked to: Judicial Branch of California
appliesTo	civil cases in California courts ⓘ criminal cases in California courts ⓘ state courts of California ⓘ linked to: California courts
citationStyle	Cal. Evid. Code ⓘ linked to: California Evidence Code
codifiedAs	California Evidence Code §§ 1 et seq. ⓘ linked to: California Evidence Code
contains	rules on authentication of writings ⓘ rules on burden of proof ⓘ rules on character evidence ⓘ rules on expert testimony ⓘ rules on hearsay ⓘ rules on judicial notice ⓘ rules on opinion testimony ⓘ rules on presumptions ⓘ rules on privileges ⓘ rules on relevance of evidence ⓘ rules on secondary evidence ⓘ
enactedBy	California State Legislature ⓘ
governs	admissibility of evidence in California courts ⓘ exclusion of evidence in California courts ⓘ presentation of evidence in California courts ⓘ
hasSection	Evidence Code § 1101 ⓘ Evidence Code § 1150 ⓘ linked to: California Evidence Code Evidence Code § 1200 ⓘ linked to: California Evidence Code Evidence Code § 1220 ⓘ Evidence Code § 1271 ⓘ Evidence Code § 1291 ⓘ Evidence Code § 210 ⓘ Evidence Code § 352 ⓘ linked to: California Evidence Code Evidence Code § 402 ⓘ linked to: California Evidence Code Evidence Code § 702 ⓘ Evidence Code § 801 ⓘ Evidence Code § 802 ⓘ
influencedBy	Federal Rules of Evidence ⓘ linked to: rules of evidence for the federal courts
jurisdiction	State of California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law system of California ⓘ
partOf	California statutory law ⓘ linked to: California state law
primaryPurpose	to eliminate unjustifiable expense and delay in litigation ⓘ to promote fairness in judicial proceedings ⓘ to standardize evidentiary rules in California courts ⓘ
subjectMatter	law of evidence ⓘ
usedBy	California Supreme Court ⓘ linked to: Supreme Court of California California appellate courts ⓘ linked to: California Courts of Appeal California trial courts ⓘ linked to: California Superior Courts

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Superior Court of California, County of Stanislaus → appliesProceduralLaw → California Evidence Code ⓘ

California Codes → hasPart → California Evidence Code ⓘ

Criminal Division (Superior Court of California, County of San Joaquin) → appliesLaw → California Evidence Code ⓘ

subject linked to: criminal division

California Evidence Code → codifiedAs → California Evidence Code §§ 1 et seq. ⓘ