However broad may be the terms of a contract, it extends only to those things concerning which it appears that the parties intended to contract.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1648
INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS
Applied in 30 court decisions — leading case 67 Cal. App. 4th 779 - Badie v. Bank of America (1998)
Most recently applied in Fuentes v. TMCSF, Inc. (August 2018)
Enacted 1872.
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