Contract Law

Ambiguity

/ am-bih-GYOO-ih-tee /

Definition

Language that can be understood in more than one way.

Used in Context

“Contractual ambiguity is construed against the drafter.”

Etymology

◈ Latin: ambiguitas, uncertainty

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