California CodesCivil Code - CIVPreliminary ProvisionsSection 13
Words and phrases are construed according to the context and the approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law, or are defined in the succeeding section, are to be construed according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning or definition.
Notes
Requires words and phrases to be construed according to context and the approved usage of the language, but requires technical words, words that have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law, and words defined in the next section to be construed according to that special meaning or definition.
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