California Civil Code Section 13

CA Civ Code § 13 (2017)  

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.

(Enacted 1872.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018