{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"1861","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 1861","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>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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/of-the-general-principles-of-evidence-1861","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}