IEA 95 — Evidence as to document unmeaning reference to existing facts

Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Statutory text

When language used in a
document is plain in itself, but is unmeaning in reference to existing facts, evidence may be given to show that it was used in a peculiar sense.
Illustration A sells to B, by deed, “my house in Calcutta”.
A  had  no  house  in  Calcutta,  but  it  appears  that  he had  a  house  at  Howrah,  of  which  B  had  been  in  possession since the execution of the deed.
These facts may be proved to show that the deed related to the house at Howrah.

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