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Ambiguitas verborum latens verificatione suppletur; nam quod ex facto oritur ambiguum verificatione facti tollitur

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Legal maxim and Latin for A hidden ambiguity of the words may be interpreted by evidence; for an ambiguity which arises from an extrinsic fact may be removed by proof of such fact. If words in a document are unclear, evidence to explain the meaning or interpretation or intent may be heard. If the evidence is useful, then the ambguity and lack of clarity of the meaning of those words is removed by good evidence which explains and brings clear meaning to the words.

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  • EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE External evidence, or that which is not contained in the body of an agreement, contract,…
  • AMBIGUITAS CONTRA STIPULATOREM EST Legal maxim and Latin for an ambiguity is most strongly construed against the party using…
  • AMBIGUITAS VERBORUM PATENS NULLA VERIFICATIONE EXCLUDITUR Legal maxim and Latin for a patent ambiguity is never helped by averment or extrinsic…
  • AMBIGUITY Doubtfulness; doubleness of meaning; indistinctness or uncertainty of meaning of an expression used in a…
  • LITERAL CONSTRUCTION The interpretation of a document, law or statute based upon the strict and plain meaning…
  • PLAIN MEANING An interpretation using the literal meaning of the words without looking deeper into the legislative…
  • BENIGNIOR SENTENTIA IN VERBIS GENERALIBUS SEU DUBIIS EST… Latin for more favorable construction is to be placed on general or doubtful words. If…

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