{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"1429","citation":"Civ. Code, § 1429","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3"},{"name":"PART 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL [1427. - 1543.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 2. INTERPRETATION OF OBLIGATIONS [1429. - 1451.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-1/title-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. General Rules of Interpretation [1429. - 1429.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-1/title-2/chapter-1"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The rules which govern the interpretation of contracts are prescribed by Part II of this Division. Other obligations are interpreted by the same rules by which statutes of a similar nature are interpreted.</p>","text":"The rules which govern the interpretation of contracts are prescribed by Part II of this Division. Other obligations are interpreted by the same rules by which statutes of a similar nature are interpreted.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/general-rules-of-interpretation-1429","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}