Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
( Preliminary Provisions enacted 1872. ) 16.
Words and phrases are construed according to the context and the approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases, and such others as have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law, or are defined in the succeeding section, are to be construed according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning or definition.
(Enacted 1872.)