Prob. Code, § 21121 · Chapter 2. Ascertaining Meaning of Language Used in the Instrument
Prob. Code, § 21121
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
All parts of an instrument are to be construed in relation to each other and so as, if possible, to form a consistent whole. If the meaning of any part of an instrument is ambiguous or doubtful, it may be explained by any reference to or recital of that part in another part of the instrument.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 138, Sec. 29. Effective January 1, 2003.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=21121.
- Text hash
- sha256 18cde0b2f5e12c1e9e6283aac11563511c9731ccdfadbeda03e1acf1a6edaa97
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
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