§ 391 As used in this title, the following terms have the following …
§ 391.1 In any litigation pending in any court of this state, at any time …
§ 391.2 At the hearing upon the motion the court shall consider any evidence, …
§ 391.3 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), if, after hearing the …
§ 391.4 When security that has been ordered furnished is not furnished as …
§ 391.6 Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 391.3, when a motion …
§ 391.7 (a) In addition to any other relief provided in this title, the …
§ 391.8 (a) A vexatious litigant subject to a prefiling order under …

Terms Used In California Codes > Code of Civil Procedure > Part 2 > Title 3A - VEXATIOUS LITIGANTS

  • Defendant: means a person (including corporation, association, partnership and firm or governmental entity) against whom a litigation is brought or maintained or sought to be brought or maintained. See California Code of Civil Procedure 391
  • Litigation: means any civil action or proceeding, commenced, maintained or pending in any state or federal court. See California Code of Civil Procedure 391
  • Person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
  • Plaintiff: means the person who commences, institutes or maintains a litigation or causes it to be commenced, instituted or maintained, including an attorney at law acting in propria persona. See California Code of Civil Procedure 391
  • Security: means an undertaking to assure payment, to the party for whose benefit the undertaking is required to be furnished, of the party's reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees and not limited to taxable costs, incurred in or in connection with a litigation instituted, caused to be instituted, or maintained or caused to be maintained by a vexatious litigant. See California Code of Civil Procedure 391
  • State: includes the District of Columbia and the territories when applied to the different parts of the United States, and the words "United States" may include the district and territories. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
  • Vexatious litigant: means a person who does any of the following:

    California Code of Civil Procedure 391

  • Will: includes codicil. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17