Section 98 of the Evidence Act, 1872

Section 98 of the Evidence Act, 1872—Evidence as to meaning of illegible characters, etc.—

Evidence may be given to show the meaning of illegible or not commonly intelligible characters, of foreign, obsolete, technical, local and provincial expressions, of abbreviations and of words used in a peculiar sense.

Illustration

A, a sculpture, agree 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.