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AMBIGUITY

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Doubtfulness; doubleness of meaning; indistinctness or uncertainty of meaning of an expression used in a written instrument. Nindle v. State Bank, 13 Neb. 245, 13 N. W. 275; Ellmaker v. Ellmaker, 4 Watts (Pa.) 89; Kraner v. Halsey, 82 Cal. 209, 22 Pac. 1137; Ward v. Epsy, 6 Humph. (Tenn.) 447. An ambiguity may be either latent or patent. It is the former, where the language … [Read more...]

AMENDMENT

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In practice. The correction of an error committed in any process, pleading, or proceeding at law, or in equity, and which is done either of course, or by the consent of parties, or upon motion to the court in which the proceeding is pending. 3 Bl. Comm. 407, 448; 1 Tidd, Pr. 696. Hardin v. Boyd, 113 U. S. 756, 5 Sup. Ct 771, 28 L. Ed. 1141. Any writing made or proposed as an … [Read more...]

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American University International Law Review … [Read more...]

AMBIGUOUS

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Unclear, vague, confusion as to the meaning of something or that which can be open to various interpretations. Ambiguous laws may be stricken down as void for vagueness, a common constitutional challenge. The law must be made sufficiently clear so that the people can understand the law. … [Read more...]

AMENDS

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A satisfaction given by a wrong doer to the party injured, for a wrong committed. 1 Lil. Reg. 81. Bl. Law Dict.(2d Ed.)5 … [Read more...]

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