{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"3401","citation":"Civ. Code, § 3401","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS [3274. - 9566.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4"},{"name":"PART 1. RELIEF [3274. - 3428.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 3. SPECIFIC AND PREVENTIVE RELIEF [3366. - 3424.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4/part-1/title-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Specific Relief [3375. - 3415.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4/part-1/title-3/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 4. Revision of Contracts [3399. - 3402.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4/part-1/title-3/chapter-2/article-4"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/revision-of-contracts-3401","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}