BlackletterCalifornia law

Code of Civil Procedure § 1857

TITLE 1. OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 1857Official source ↗

Enacted 1872.

The language of a writing is to be interpreted according to the meaning it bears in the place of its execution, unless the parties have reference to a different place.