单词 | latent ambiguity |
释义 | > as lemmaslatent ambiguity latent ambiguity Law an ambiguity in a document which only becomes apparent in the light of knowledge gained from extrinsic evidence. ΚΠ 1783 J. Brown Rep. High Court Parl. 7 446 It was conceived to be an established rule of evidence, not to receive parol proof, or any other species of external evidence, to expound the words of an agreement reduced into writing, except where there is some latent ambiguity; as to explain which person was meant, where there are two of the same name, &c. 1893 Harvard Law Rev. 6 438 It became common to say that the first effort must be to disclose the existence of a latent ambiguity by extrinsic evidence. 2010 L. E. Espenschied Contract Drafting vi. 88 The latent ambiguity arose when the parties discovered that there were two ships called ‘Peerless’ in the same harbor. < as lemmas |
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