California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 4 — General Provisions, Part 1 — Relief, Title 3 — Specific and Preventive Relief, Chapter 2 — Specific Relief, Article 4 — Revision of Contracts, Section 3401
In revising a written instrument, the Court may inquire what the instrument was intended to mean, and what were intended to be its legal consequences, and is not confined to the inquiry what the language of the instrument was intended to be.
Notes
Allows a court revising a written instrument to examine what the instrument was intended to mean and what legal consequences the parties intended it to have. The court is not limited to deciding merely what wording the parties intended, permitting the revision inquiry to reach both intended meaning and intended legal effect.
Use as reference
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