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2012 California Codes
CCP - Code of Civil Procedure
PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS [1855 - 2107]
TITLE 1 - OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE
Section 1861
CA Civ Pro Code § 1861 (through 2013 Leg Sess) What's This?
The terms of a writing are presumed to have been used in their primary and general acceptation, but evidence is nevertheless admissible that they have a local, technical, or otherwise peculiar signification, and were so used and understood in the particular instance, in which case the agreement must be construed accordingly.
(Enacted 1872.)
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