# 95 Evidence as to document unmeaning in reference to existing facts
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.
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CHAPTER VI. –– OF THE EXCLUSION OF ORAL BY DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
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Evidence of terms of contracts, grants and other dispositions of property reduced to form of document92
Exclusion of evidence of oral agreement93
Exclusion of evidence to explain or amend ambiguous document94
Exclusion of evidence against application of document to existing facts96
Evidence as to application of language which can apply to one only of several persons97
Evidence as to application of language to one of two sets of facts, to neither of which the whole correctly applies98
Evidence as to meaning of illegible characters, etc
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