§ 179. To take acknowledgments and affidavits. Each of the justices of the supreme court, and judges of the superior courts, shall have power in any part of the state, and every justice of the peace within this city and county, or county, and a judge of a police or other inferior court within his city and county, city, or town, to take and certify:

1. The proof and acknowledgment of a conveyance of real property, or of any other written instrument;

2. The acknowledgment of satisfaction of a judgment of any court;

3. An affidavit or deposition to be used in this state. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 42.

Cal. Rcp. Cit. 56, 465; 65, 615; 88, 410; 128, 420; 135,

175, 140, 13; 140, 221. Subd. 1--64, 300.

Subd. 1. Real property, acknowledgment of conveyance of: See Civ. Code, secs. 1180 et seq.

Subd. 2. Satisfaction of judgment.

Post, sec. 675.

Subd. 3. Affidavit: Post, secs. 2009 et seq. Deposition: Post, secs. 2019 et seq.

CHAPTER V.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RESPECTING COURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS.

182. Subsequent applications for orders refused, when prohibited. 183. Violations of preceding section.

184. Proceedings not affected by vacancy in office.

185. Proceedings to be in English language.

186. Abbreviations and figures.

187. Means to carry jurisdiction into effect.

§ 182. Subsequent applications for orders refused, when prohibited. If an application for an order made to a judge of a court in which the action or proceeding is pending is refused in whole or in part, or is granted conditionally, no subsequent application for the same order shall be made to any court commissioner, or any other judge, except of a higher court; but nothing in this section applies to motions refused for informality in the papers or proceedings necessary to obtain the order, or to motions refused with liberty to renew the same. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 43.

Cal. Rep. Cit. 61, 194; 69, 635; 89, 338; 115, 697; 131, 619.

Orders and motions generally: Post, secs. 1003 et seq.
Orders, appealable: Post, sec. 939, subd. 3.

§ 183. Violations of preceding section. A violation of the last section may be punished as a contempt; and an order made contrary thereto may be revoked by the judge or commissioner who made it, or vacated by a judge of the court in which the action or proceeding is pending. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 43.

Cal. Rep. Cit. 61, 194.

Penalty for violation: Post, secs. 906, 1209.

Ex parte order, vacating or modifying: Post, sec. 937.

§ 184. Proceedings not affected by vacancy In office. No proceeding in any court of justice, in an action or special proceeding pending therein, shall be affected by a vacancy in the office of all or any of the judges thereof. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 43.

185. Proceedings to be in English language. Every written proceeding in a court of justice in this state shall be in the English language, and judicial proceedings shall be conducted, preserved, and published in no other. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 43.

186. Abbreviations and figures.

Such abbreviations

as are in common use may be used, and numbers may be expressed by figures or numerals in the customary manner. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 43.

Cal. Rep. Cit. 135, 29.

§ 187. Means to carry jurisdiction into effect. When jurisdiction is, by the constitution or this code, or by any other statute, conferred on a court or judicial officer, all the means necessary to carry it into effect are also given; and in the exercise of this jurisdiction, if the course of proceeding be not specifically pointed out by this code or the statute, any suitable process or mode of proceeding may be adopted which may appear most conformable to the spirit of this code. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 43.

Cal. Rep. Cit. 50, 542; 50, 545; 63, 507; 63, 508; 65, 192; 71, 601; 72, 320; 72, 597; .75, 166; 76, 645; 81, 615; 82, 467; 82, 468; 98, 495; 100, 120; 100, 169; 109, 255; 113, 64; 117, 202; 118, 420; 121, 41; 124, 474; 137, 203; 138, 495; 141, 553.

188. En. 1873-4, 285. Rep. 1880, 21.

Code Civil Proc.-6.

PERSONS SPECIALLY INVESTED WITH POWERS OF A JUDICIAL NATURE.

Chapter I. Jurors, §§ 190-254.

II. Court Commissioners, §§ 258, 259.

CHAPTER 1.

JURORS.

Article I. Jurors in General, §§ 190-195.

II. Qualifications and Exemptions of Jurors, §§ 198-202.

III. Of Selecting and Returning Jurors for Courts of Record, §§ 204-211.

IV. Of Drawing Jurors for Courts of Record, §§ 214-220.

V. Of Summoning Jurors for Courts of Record, §§ 225-228.

VI. Of Summoning Jurors for Courts not of Record, §§ 230-233.
VII. Of Summoning Jurors of Inquest, § 235.

VIII. Obedience to Summons, how Enforced, § 238.

IX. Of Impaneling Grand Juries, §§ 241-243.

X. Of Impaneling Trial Juries in Courts of Record, §§ 246, 247.
XI. Of Impaneling Trial Juries in Courts not of Record, §§ 250,

251.

§ 190. Jury defined. A jury is a body of men temporarily selected from the citizens of a particular district, and invested with power to present or indict a person for a public offense, or to try a question of fact. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 44.

Jurors, qualifications and exemptions: Post, secs. 198202.

Selecting and summoning: Post, secs. 204, 238.
Impaneling: Post, secs. 241-254.

191. Different kinds of juries. Juries are of three kinds:

1. Grand juries;

2. Trial juries;

3. Juries of inquest. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880,

§ 192. Grand jury defined. A grand jury is a body of men, nineteen in number, returned in pursuance of law, from the citizens of a county, or city and county, before a court of competent jurisdiction, and sworn to inquire of public offense committed or triable within the county, or city and county. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1875-6; 86; 1880, 44.

Cal. Rep. Cit. 54, 65; 54, 66; 69, 108; 92, 261; 92, 263; 119, &

Grand jury, impaneling: Post, secs. 241-243.
How often drawh: Const. Cal., art. 1, sec. 8.

193. Trial jury defined. A trial jury is a body of men returned from the citizens of a particular district before a court or officer of competent jurisdiction, and sworn to try and determine, by verdict, a question of fact. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 44.

Trial by jury: Post, secs. 600-619.

Verdict, three-quarters of jury can find: Const. Cal., art. 1, sec. 7. See also, post, sec. 618.

§194. Number of a trial jury. A trial jury shall consist of twelve men; provided, that in civil actions and cases of misdemeanor, it may consist of twelve, or of any number less than twelve, upon which the parties may agree in open court. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880,

44.

Less than twelve: Const. Cal., art. 1, sec. 7.

§ 195. Jury of inquest defined. A jury of inquest is a body of men summoned from the citizens of a particular district before the sheriff, coroner, or other ministerial officer, to inquire of particular facts. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 44.

Cal. Rep. Cit. 42, 382; 42, 385.

ARTICLE II.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXEMPTIONS OF JURORS,

198. Who competent to act as juror.

199. Who not competent to act as juror.

200. Who exempt from jury duty.

201. Who may be excused.

202. Affidavit of claim to exemption.

198. Who competent to act as juror. A person is competent to act as juror if he be:

1. A citizen of the United States of the age of twentyone years, who shall have been a resident of the state one year, and of the county, or city and county, ninety days before being selected and returned;

2. In possession of his natural faculties, and of ordinary intelligence, and not decrepit;

3. Possessed of sufficient knowledge of the English language;

4. Assessed on the last assessment roll of the county, or city and county, on property belonging to him. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1875-6, 89; 1880, 45.

Cal. Rep. Cit. 51, 599; 58, 266; 61, 553; 106, 318; 147, 549. Subd. 4-123, 487.

Residence, generally: See Const. Cal., art. 2, sec. 4; Pol. Code, sec. 52.

§ 199. Who not competent to act as juror. A person is not competent to act as a juror:

1. Who does not possess the qualifications prescribed by the preceding section;

2. Who has been convicted of malfeasance in office or any felony or other high crime; or

3. Who has been discharged as a juror by any court of record in this state within a year, as provided in section 203 of this code, or who has been drawn as a grand juror in any such court and served as such within a year, and been discharged.

4. A person who is serving as a grand juror in any court of record in this state is not competent to act as a trial Juror in any such court.

And a person who is serving as a trial juror in any court of this state is not competent to act as a grand juror in any such court. En. March 11, 1872. Am'd. 1880, 45; 1905, 70.

Cal. Rep. Cit. 106, 318; 123, 487; 147, 549.

200. Who exempt from jury duty. A person is exempt from liability to act as a juror if he be:

1. A judicial, civil, or military officer of the United States, or of this state;

2. A person holding a county, city and county, city, town or township office;

3. An attorney at law, or the clerk, secretary or stenographer of an attorney at law;