One Form of Action

There is one form of civil action to be called civil action. Civil actions may be divided by Rule of Court into such categories as are found necessary or convenient for the efficient administration of justice. 1985 SOURCE: Compare Rule 2 FRCP; § 21 CCP. 1985 COMMENT: This Section follows the pattern of the Federal Rules in creating only one form of action, named a “civil action”. All forms of civil action, as opposed to criminal actions, are so denominated with any special classification, such as “special proceedings” to be used as matters of convenience only. The Code of Civil Procedure substantively creates “actions” and “special proceedings”. This division is deemed unnecessary as a substantive matter.