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Section 96 - Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Indian Evidence Act, 1872
96. Evidence as to application of language which can apply to one only of several persons
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 of facts which show which of those persons or things its was intended to apply to.
Illustrations
(a) A agrees to sell to B, for Rs. 1,000, "my white horse". A has two white horses. Evidence may be given of facts which show which of them was meant.
(b) A agrees to accompany B to Haidarabad. Evidence may be given of facts showing whether Haidarabad in the Deckhand or Haidarabad in Sindh was meant.
Related Sections
- Section 120: Parties to civil suit, and their wives or husbands, Husbands or wife of person under criminal trial
- Section 104: Burden of proving fact to be proved to make evidence admissible
- Section 97: Evidence as to application of language to one of two sets of facts, to neither of which the whole correctly applies
- Section 90: Presumption as to documents thirty years old
- Section 108: Burden of proving that person is alive who has not been heard of for seven years
Related Acts
- Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020
- Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act, 2017
- Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Act, 2019
- Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Act, 2016
- Personal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019
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