PART 4. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 1855-2107›TITLE 1. OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE 1855-1866
§ 1861
California Code of Civil Procedure · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
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.
(Enacted 1872.)
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