When a statute or instrument is equally susceptible of two interpretations, one in favor of natural right, and the other against it, the former is to be adopted.
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 1866
OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE
Enacted 1872.
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