California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Phillips Aviation Co. v. Superior Court for Los AngelesCounty, 246 Cal.App.2d 46, 54 Cal.Rptr. 415 (Cal. App. 1966):
Section 521, Code of Civil Procedure reads: 'After the property has been delivered to the plaintiff as in this chapter provided, the court shall, by appropriate order, protect the plaintiff in the possession of said property until the final determination of the action.' The word 'shall' as here used connotes mandatory action. (Cannizzo v. Guarantee Ins. Co., 245 A.C.A. 70, 53 Cal.Rptr. 657.)
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