BSA Section 98: Evidence as to document unmeaning in reference to existing facts
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 · Chapter 6: Of the Exclusion of Oral Evidence by Documentary Evidence
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¶98. When language used in a document is plain in itself,but is unmeaning in reference to existing facts, evidence may be given to show that it was used in a peculiar sense.
¶Illustration.
A sells to B, by deed, "my house in Kolkata". A had no house in Kolkata, but it appears that he had a house at Howrah, of which B had been in possession since the execution of the deed. These facts may be proved to show that the deed related to the house at Howrah.
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Replaces IEA 95. IEA → BSA converterSource: BPR&D BSA–IEA corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03)
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Other sections in this chapter
- 94. Evidence of terms of contracts, grants and other dispositions of property reduced to form of document
- 95. Exclusion of evidence of oral agreement
- 96. Exclusion of evidence to explain or amend ambiguous document
- 97. Exclusion of evidence against application of document to existing facts
- 99. Evidence as to application of language which can apply to one only of several persons
- 100. Evidence as to application of language to one of two sets of facts, to neither of which the whole correctly applies
- 101. Evidence as to meaning of illegible characters, etc
- 102. Who may give evidence of agreement varying terms of document
- 103. Saving of provisions of Indian Succession Act relating to wills