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2021 California Code
Civil Code - CIV
DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
PART 1 - RELIEF
TITLE 3 - SPECIFIC AND PREVENTIVE RELIEF
CHAPTER 2 - Specific Relief
ARTICLE 4 - Revision of Contracts
Section 3401.
Universal Citation: CA Civ Code § 3401 (2021)
3401.
In revising a written instrument, the Court may inquire what the instrument was intended to mean, and what were intended to be its legal consequences, and is not confined to the inquiry what the language of the instrument was intended to be.
(Enacted 1872.)
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