What is the test for a conclusory claim of error when an appellant fails to advance any pertinent or intelligible legal argument?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Tun v. Wells Fargo Dealer Servs., Inc., 209 Cal.Rptr.3d 753, 5 Cal.App.5th 309 (Cal. App. 2016):

advance any pertinent or intelligible legal argument ... constitute[s] an abandonment of the [claim of error]]; Atchley v. City of Fresno (1984) 151 Cal.App.3d 635, 647, 199 Cal.Rptr. 72 (Atchley ) [noting when an appellant offer[s] no authority, nor analysis, for [a] proposition, the point is deemed to be without foundation and requires no discussion by the reviewing court].) Hence, Tun's conclusory claim of error fails.

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