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2019 California Code
Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
TITLE 1 - OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE
Section 1859.
Universal Citation: CA Civ Pro Code § 1859 (2019)
1859.
In the construction of a statute the intention of the Legislature, and in the construction of the instrument the intention of the parties, is to be pursued, if possible; and when a general and particular provision are inconsistent, the latter is paramount to the former. So a particular intent will control a general one that is inconsistent with it.
(Enacted 1872.)
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