Evidence as to meaning of illegible characters, etc 101. Evidence may be given to show the meaning of illegible or not commonly intelligible characters, of foreign, obsolete, technical, local and regional expressions, of abbreviations and of words used in a peculiar sense. Illustration. A, sculptor, agrees to sell to B, “all my mods”. A has … Read more
Evidence as to application of language to one of two sets of facts, to neither of which the whole correctly applies 100. When the language used applies partly to one set of existing facts, and partly to another set of existing facts, but the whole of it does not apply correctly to either, evidence may … Read more
Evidence as to application of language which can apply to one only of several persons. 99. When the facts are such that the language used might have been meant to apply to any one, and could not have been meant to apply to more than one, of several persons or things, evidence may be given … Read more