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I However, a litigant has a right to have a disposition in <br /> 2 an action against him become final within a reasonable amount of <br /> 3 time . CCP § 663a provides a statute of limitations for <br /> 4 challenges to a final judgment. This provision is based on the <br /> 5 sound principle that <br /> 6 it is unjust not to put the adversary on <br /> notice to defend within the period of <br /> 7 limitation and that the right to be free of <br /> stale claims in time comes to prevail over the <br /> 8 right to prosecute them. <br /> 9 Wood v. Elling Corp. , 20 Cal . 3d 353 , 362 (1977) . <br /> 1-0 Therefore, the Legislature has provided that the 180-day <br /> 11 time limit of CCP section 663a applies to any person who moves to <br /> 12 vacate a judgment, even to one who was not a party at the time of <br /> 13 judgment . The Board, purporting to represent the People, filed <br /> 14 this Motion more than one year after the judgment was entered . <br /> 15 Thus, even if the Board was not a party to the original action, <br /> 16 the Motion must be denied . <br /> 17 III . This Motion must be denied because the Board <br /> cannot meet the requirements of CCP <br /> 18 Section 663 . <br /> 19 A. Assuming that the Board was not a party <br /> to the original action, the Board is not <br /> 20 entitled to bring this Motion because it <br /> 21 is not an "aggrieved person " <br /> 22 Under Aries , in order to bring a motion to vacate, one <br /> 23 must have been a party to the original action or an "aggrieved <br /> 24 person. " The Board contends that it was not a party to the <br /> 25 original action but that it is an "aggrieved person. " To be <br /> 26 considered an aggrieved person, one ' s rights or interests must be <br /> 27 <br /> 28 FOOTNOTE 8 CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE <br /> hereto as Exhibit B, at 1 8 . Yet, the Board waited <br /> approximately 2 years before taking any action. <br /> 13 <br />