{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"1859","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 1859","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 4. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS [1855. - 2107.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-4"},{"name":"TITLE 1. OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE [1855. - 1866.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-4/title-1"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>In the construction of a statute the intention of the Legislature, and in the construction of the instrument the intention of the parties, is to be pursued, if possible; and when a general and particular provision are inconsistent, the latter is paramount to the former. So a particular intent will control a general one that is inconsistent with it.</p>","text":"In the construction of a statute the intention of the Legislature, and in the construction of the instrument the intention of the parties, is to be pursued, if possible; and when a general and particular provision are inconsistent, the latter is paramount to the former. So a particular intent will control a general one that is inconsistent with it.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/of-the-general-principles-of-evidence-1859","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}