T1; Ives v. Kimball, 1 Mich
Definition (1910 Edition)
313; Palmer v. Albee, 50 Iowa, 431; Petrie v. Hamilton College, 158 N. Y. 458, 53 N. E. 216. Synonyms. Ambiguity of language is to be disttaguiched from unintelligibility and inaccuracy, for words cannot be said to be ambiguous unless their signification seems doubtful and uncertain to persons of competent skill and knowledge to understand them. Story, Contr. 272. _ The term “ambiguity” does not include mere tnaccuracy, or such uncertainty as arises from
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