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Code of Civil Procedure § 1860

TITLE 1. OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 1860Official source ↗

Enacted 1872.

For the proper construction of an instrument, the circumstances under which it was made, including the situation of the subject of the instrument, and of the parties to it, may also be shown, so that the Judge be placed in the position of those whose language he is to interpret.