98.Evidence as to meaning of illegible characters, etc
VI Of the exclusion of oral by documentary evidenceVerified
Evidence may be given to show the meaning of illegible or not commonly intelligible characters, of foreign, obsolete, technical, local and provisional expressions, of abbreviations and of words used in a peculiar sense.IllustrationA, a sculptor, agrees to sell to B, "all my mods". A has both models and modelling tools. Evidence may be given to show which he meant to sell.
