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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 97: Evidence as to application of language to one of two sets of facts, to neither of which the whole correctly applies
- Section 130: Production of title-deeds of witness not a party
- Section 88: Presumption as to books, maps and charts
- Section 67A: Proof as to digital signature
- Section 52: In civil cases character to prove conduct imputed, irrelevant
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