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Penal Code - PEN
PART 2 - OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
TITLE 5 - THE PLEADINGS
CHAPTER 2 - Rules of Pleading
Section 957.
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CA Penal Code § 957 (2020)
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957.
The words used in an accusatory pleading are construed in their usual acceptance in common language, except such words and phrases as are defined by law, which are construed according to their legal meaning.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674.)
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