California Code of Civil Procedure

§ 1861

Name: California Superior Court Tentative Rulings
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CCP § 1861Title 1 · Part 4

Statute text

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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.

Legislative history

Enacted 1872.