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Code of Civil Procedure § 1861

TITLE 1. OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE

Current as of September 28, 2026Code Civ. Proc., § 1861Official source ↗

Enacted 1872.

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.