{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-1861","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 1861","heading":"","body":"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.","path":["Code of Civil Procedure - CCP","PART 4. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS [1855. - 2107.]","TITLE 1. OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE [1855. - 1866.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"d27bc6925147db9f50106464963c9becebb08d609ded1eca47af1b5566c8d8ef","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-1860","next":"us-ca/ccp-1862"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}