ambiguity
Definition
Doubtfulness of meaning, or uncertainty of intention, that makes a document capable of being understood in two or more senses. Ambiguity is commonly of two types (1) Latent ambiguity is not readily apparent from the language or text of a document, but arises when the document is executed or interpreted together with another document, and (2) Patent ambiguity arises directly from the language or text of the document itself.
ambiguity is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law and Documentation & Recordkeeping subjects.
ambiguity appears in the definitions of the following terms: patent ambiguity, symbolic language, symbolic logic, latent ambiguity, preamble, loophole and uncertainty avoidance
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