Code Civ. Proc., § 1860 · Title 1. OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE
Code Civ. Proc., § 1860
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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.
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History
Enacted 1872.
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