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Oregon · Through 2025 Edition

ORS 42.250: Terms construed as generally accepted; evidence of other signification.

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  1. 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure
  2. 4. Evidence and Witnesses
  3. Chapter 42 — Execution, Formalities and Interpretation of Writings

The terms of a writing are presumed to have been used in their primary and general acceptation, but evidence is admissible that they have a technical, local, or otherwise peculiar signification and were used and understood in the particular instance, in which case the agreement shall be construed accordingly.

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