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INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION

Notation: 126006
URI: https://w3id.org/legal-taxonomy/concept/126006
Domain: OBLIGATIONS, AGREEMENTS, TRANSACTIONS, AND RESTITUTION
Depth: 3
Broader: CONTRACTS 116653

Narrower concepts (235)

AGREEMENTS TO INSURE 118315
COVENANTS 118316
DAMAGES LIMITATION AND EXCLUSION CLAUSES 118318
ENTIRE AND SEVERABLE CONTRACTS 118320
ENTIRE VERSUS SEVERABLE CONTRACTS 118322
EXPRESS CONDITIONS 118324
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION CONTRACTS 118326
TIME PROVISIONS 118328
ADVANCED INTERPRETATION 126007
AGREED VALUATION 126008
ALTERNATIVE STIPULATIONS AND OPTIONS 126010
AMBIGUITIES 126011
AMBIGUITY 126013
AMBIGUITY AND EQUIVOCAL LANGUAGE 126017
AMBIGUITY AND EQUIVOCAL TERMS 126019
AMBIGUITY AND MEANING 126020
AMBIGUITY AS PREREQUISITE TO CONSTRUCTION 126023
AMBIGUITY IN CONTRACTS 126025
AMBIGUITY IN CONTRACTUAL TERMS 126026
AMBIGUITY RESOLUTION 126031
APPLICATION BY LAW 126033
ASCERTAINING PARTIES' INTENT 126035
AVOIDANCE OF PROHIBITED OBJECTS 126037
BASIC PRINCIPLES 126039
CANONS OF CONSTRUCTION 126040
CERTAINTY OF TERMS 126045
COLLATERAL AGREEMENTS 126047
COMMERCIAL TERMS AND ORDINARY WORDAGE 126049
COMMERCIAL USAGE AND TRADE CUSTOM 126050
COMPATIBILITY AND INCOMPATIBILITY OF CONTRACTUAL FUNCTIONS 126051
COMPUTATION OF TIME 126052
CONDITIONS 126054
CONDITIONS AND COVENANTS 126056
CONDITIONS VERSUS PROMISES 126058
CONDUCT OF PARTIES AS INTERPRETIVE EVIDENCE 126060
CONFLICTING OR REPUGNANT PROVISIONS 126061
CONSTRUAL OF PARTICULAR CLAUSES 126063
CONSTRUCTION 126064
CONSTRUCTION AS TO PERFORMANCE 126065
CONSTRUCTION BY THE PARTIES 126066
CONSTRUCTION OF CONTRACT TERMS 126067
CONSTRUCTION OF CONTRACTS AS A WHOLE 126070
CONSTRUCTION OF CONTRACTUAL LANGUAGE 126071
CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR TERMS 126074
CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR TERMS AND PHRASES 126075
CONSTRUCTION OF SPECIFIC TERMS 126078
CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTORY PROVISIONS 126079
CONSTRUCTION OF TERMS 126080
CONSTRUCTION OF WORDS AND FIGURES 126082
CONSTRUCTION TO UPHOLD CONTRACT VALIDITY 126083
CONSTRUED STRICTLY AGAINST DRAFTER 126084
CONSTRUING INSTRUMENTS TOGETHER 126086
CONTEXTUAL AND SUBJECT-MATTER INTERPRETATION 126088
CONTEXTUAL INTERPRETATION 126089
CONTRACT CONSTRUED AS A WHOLE 126091
CONTRACT INTERPRETATION 126092
CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS 126094
CONTRACT TERMS AND THEIR MEANING 126097
CONTRACTS WITH MULTIPLE DISTINCT ITEMS 126098
COVENANTS 126099
CUSTOM AND USAGE 126104
CUSTOMS AND USAGES 126122
CUSTOMS AND USAGES AS INTERPRETIVE TOOLS 126127
DEPENDENT AND INDEPENDENT COVENANTS 126128
DEPENDENT AND INDEPENDENT PROMISES 126130
DEPENDENT COVENANTS 126131
DEROGATION OF LAW BY CONTRACTUAL TERMS 126132
DETERMINATION OF CONTRACTUAL INSTRUMENTS 126133
DETERMINATION OF CONTRACTUAL INTENT 126134
DETERMINING CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS 126136
DIFFICULTIES OF THE SUBJECT 126137
DISTINCTION BETWEEN INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION 126138
DISTINCTION BETWEEN LIQUIDATED DAMAGES AND PENALTIES 126139
DISTINCTIONS AND COMPARISONS 126140
DIVISIBILITY OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS 126141
DIVISIBILITY OF PROMISES 126144
DOCTRINES AND RULES OF CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION 126145
DOCUMENTARY INTEGRITY 126146
EFFECTS OF WRITINGS 126148
ENTIRE AND SEVERABLE CONTRACTS 126150
ENTIRE OR SEVERABLE CONTRACTS 126151
EXCEPTIONS TO COMMON LAW RULES 126152
EXCULPATORY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY CLAUSES 126153
EXPRESS TERMS 126155
EXPRESS TERMS AND PROVISIONS 126157
EXTRINSIC AIDS AND PRACTICAL CONSTRUCTION 126159
EXTRINSIC AND PAROL EVIDENCE 126160
EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE 126162
EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE AND AIDS 126175
EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE AND CONTEXT 126177
EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE AND CUSTOM 126179
EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE AND FACTS 126181
EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE AND ILLUSTRATIVE MATERIALS 126183
EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE AND USAGE 126185
FAIRNESS AND REASONABLENESS IN CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION 126193
FUNCTION OF COURT AND JURY IN CONSTRUCTION 126194
GAP FILLING 126195
GENERAL DOCTRINE OF CONTRACT INTERPRETATION 126196
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION 126197
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION 126200
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CONTRACT INTERPRETATION 126201
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CONTRACTUAL CONSTRUCTION 126205
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF INTERPRETATION 126206
GENERAL RULES OF CONSTRUCTION 126208
GENERAL RULES OF CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION 126212
GENERAL VS. SPECIFIC TERMS 126213
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS 126214
GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY AND PUNCTUATION 126216
ILLUSTRATION OF CONTRACTUAL RULES 126217
IMPACT OF OMISSIONS OR AMBIGUITIES 126218
IMPLIED TERMS 126220
IMPLIED TERMS AND GAP-FILLING 126228
IMPLIED TERMS AND INTENT 126230
IMPLIED TERMS FROM PARTICULAR LANGUAGE 126232
INCONSISTENT OR CONFLICTING AGREEMENTS 126233
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OR DEEMED TERMS 126235
INCORPORATION OF EXTERNAL RULES OR LAW 126236
INCORPORATION OF LAW INTO CONTRACTS 126237
INDEMNITY CONTRACTS 126238
INSTRUMENT INTERPRETATION 126240
INSTRUMENT-BASED CONTRACTS 126242
INSTRUMENTS SUBJECT TO CONSTRUCTION 126243
INSURANCE CONTRACT INTERPRETATION 126244
INSURANCE CONTRACTS 126245
INSURANCE POLICIES 126250
INTEGRATED AGREEMENTS AND PAROL EVIDENCE 126256
INTEGRATION OF CONTRACT TERMS 126258
INTEGRATION OF WRITTEN AGREEMENTS 126260
INTENT AND INTEREST OF PARTIES 126262
INTENT OF THE PARTIES 126264
INTENTION OF PARTIES 126268
INTENTION OF THE PARTIES 126271
INTENTION OF THE PARTIES AS CARDINAL RULE 126273
INTERPRETATION 126274
INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACT AS A WHOLE 126275
INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS 126276
INTERPRETATION OF COVENANTS 126277
INTERPRETATION OF PARTICULAR CONTRACTS 126278
INTERPRETATION OF WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS 126281
INTERPRETATIVE PROBLEMS 126283
INTERPRETING CONTRACT LANGUAGE 126284
JUDICIAL OPINIONS AND DOCTRINAL DISAGREEMENTS 126285
LANGUAGE AND MEANING 126286
LANGUAGE AND TERMINOLOGY 126288
LANGUAGE OF THE CONTRACT 126290
LIMITS OF CONSTRUCTION 126291
MATERIALITY OF TERMS 126294
MEANING AND AMBIGUITY 126295
MEANING AND EFFECT OF CONTRACTUAL TERMS 126297
MEANING AND INTENT OF PARTIES 126298
MEANING OF CONTRACTUAL LANGUAGE AND TERMS 126300
MEANING OF LANGUAGE AND TERMS 126301
MEANING OF TERMS 126302
MEANING OF TERMS AND EXPRESSIONS 126304
MEANING OF WORDS AND PHRASES 126307
MEANING OF WORDS AND TERMS 126309
MEANINGS OF WORDS AND TERMS 126310
MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS READ TOGETHER 126311
MULTIPLE WRITINGS CONSTRUED TOGETHER 126312
NATURE OF CONTRACT 126314
NATURE OF CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION 126315
NECESSITY AND SCOPE OF INTERPRETATION 126316
NEED FOR INTERPRETATION 126317
NEGATIVE AND AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 126318
OBJECT AND PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTION 126319
ORDER OF CLAUSES 126321
PAROL EVIDENCE AND EXTRINSIC AIDS 126322
PAROL EVIDENCE RULE 126325
PAROL EVIDENCE RULE AND EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE 126377
PAROL EVIDENCE RULE AND INTEGRATION 126379
PARTICULAR TERMS 126381
PARTIES' INTENT 126383
PARTIES' INTENT OR INTERPRETATION 126385
PARTIES' INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACT TERMS 126387
PARTY INTENTION 126388
PLAIN MEANING RULE 126390
PLAIN-MEANING RULE 126393
PRACTICAL CONSTRUCTION BY PARTIES 126395
PRESUMPTIONS AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION 126397
PRESUMPTIONS IN CONTRACT LAW 126399
PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION 126400
PROVISO CLAUSES AND CONDITIONAL LANGUAGE 126402
RECONCILING CONTRADICTORY OR REPUGNANT PROVISIONS 126403
RECONCILING REPUGNANT CLAUSES 126405
REPUGNANT PROVISIONS 126406
RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF CONTRACTS 126408
RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF CONTRACTS PROVISIONS 126410
RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF CONTRACTS PROVISIONS ON CONSTRUCTION 126411
RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF CONTRACTS § 200 126412
RESTATEMENT (SECOND) SECTIONS ON CONSTRUCTION 126413
ROLE OF CUSTOM AND USAGE 126414
ROLE OF CUSTOM AND USAGE IN CONTRACT INTERPRETATION 126416
ROLE OF LAW AND USAGE 126417
ROLE OF SUBJECT-MATTER 126418
ROLE OF USAGE, CUSTOM, AND TRADE PRACTICE 126420
RULES IN AID OF INTERPRETATION 126422
RULES OF CONSTRUCTION 126424
RULES OF CONSTRUCTION GENERALLY 126441
RULES OF CONTRACT INTERPRETATION 126447
RULES OF INTERPRETATION 126450
SCOPE AND APPLICABILITY OF CONTRACTUAL CLAUSES 126453
SCOPE OF CONTRACTUAL CLAUSES 126454
SIMPLE CONTRACTS 126455
SPECIAL TYPES OF CONTRACTS 126457
STANDARD FORM AND ADHESION CONTRACTS 126460
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION IN CONTRACT LAW 126462
STATUTORY INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTUAL CLAUSES 126463
SUBSIDIARY RULES 126464
SUBSIDIARY RULES OF CONSTRUCTION 126466
SUFFICIENCY OF CONTRACTUAL TERMS 126472
TECHNICAL WORDS AND TERMS 126473
TERMS AND LANGUAGE 126474
TERMS AND PROVISIONS 126476
TERMS OF CONTRACT 126478
TEXTUAL INTERPRETATION 126480
TIME AND DATE PROVISIONS 126482
TIME AND TIMELINESS TERMS 126484
TIME IN CONTRACTS 126486
TIME PROVISIONS 126488
TIME PROVISIONS AND DEADLINES 126492
TIME PROVISIONS AND TIME OF THE ESSENCE 126494
TIME-RELATED TERMS IN CONTRACTS 126496
TRADE USAGE AND CUSTOM 126497
UNCERTAINTY OF TERMS 126498
USAGE AND CUSTOM 126499
USAGE, CUSTOM, AND TRADE PRACTICE 126512
USAGE, CUSTOM, AND TRADE TERMS 126514
USAGES AND CUSTOMS 126516
USAGES, CUSTOMS, AND COURSE OF DEALING 126517
USE OF ABBREVIATIONS IN CONTRACTS 126519
USE OF SURROUNDING CIRCUMSTANCES 126520
VALIDATING CONSTRUCTION 126522
WHOLE-CONTRACT INTERPRETATION 126524
WHOLE-INSTRUMENT RULE 126525
WRITTEN CONTRACTS 126527

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H2O4178-9.2, COMMENTARIESONL00EARLGOOG-S0256