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Section 98 - Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Indian Evidence Act, 1872
98. Evidence as to meaning of illegible characters, etc.
Evidence may be given to show the meaning of illegible or not commonly intelligible characters, of foreign, obsolete, technical, local and provincial expressions, of abbreviations and of words used in a peculiar sense.
Illustration
A, a sculptor, agrees to sell to B, "all my mods" A has both models and modeling tools. Evidence may be given to show which he meant to sell.
Related Sections
- Section 149: Question not to be asked without reasonable grounds
- Section 24: Confession caused by inducement, threat or promise when irrelevant in criminal proceedings
- Section 11: When facts not otherwise relevant become relevant
- Section 64: Proof of documents by primary evidence
- Section 113A: Presumption as to abetment of suicide by a married women
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