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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 69: Proof where no attesting witness found
- Section 132: Witness not excused from answering on ground that answer will criminate
- Section 107: Burden of proving death of person known to have been alive within thirty years
- Section 52: In civil cases character to prove conduct imputed, irrelevant
- Section 137: Examination in chief
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