Section 1861.

CA Civ Pro Code § 1861 (2019) (N/A)
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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.)