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CCP § 1861

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
  2. PART 4. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS [1855. - 2107.]
  3. TITLE 1. OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE [1855. - 1866.]

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.

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