BlackletterCalifornia law

Code of Civil Procedure § 16

PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 16Official source ↗

Enacted 1872.

Words and phrases are construed according to the context and the approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases, and such others as have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law, or are defined in the succeeding section, are to be construed according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning or definition.