Indian Evidence Act, 1872
← Indian Evidence Act, 1872
VI — OF THE EXCLUSION OF ORAL BY DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE · Section 95

Evidence as to document unmeaning reference to existing facts

Synced on 04 Jul 2026Text as per India Code

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 Calcutta”. A had no house in Calcutta, 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.

Judgments on Section 95