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PART 4. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 1855-2107›TITLE 1. OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE 1855-1866

§ 1860

California Code of Civil Procedure · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

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.

(Enacted 1872.)

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