Code Civ. Proc., § 1861 · Title 1. OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE
Code Civ. Proc., § 1861
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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted 1872.
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- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CCP§ionNum=1861.
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