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Evidence Act 1893 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Proof
100. Evidence as to meaning of illegible characters, etc.
Feedback & supportEvidence 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 modelling tools. Evidence may be given to show which A meant to sell.
evidence
Defined · s 3
“evidence” includes —(a)all statements which the court permits or requires to be made before it by witnesses in relation to matters of fact under inquiry: such statements are called oral evidence; and(b)all documents produced for the inspection of the court: such documents are called documentary evidence;