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NEW! 9/17/2007 1:54:30 PM EST
Posted by Jeffrey E Thomas
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor of Law, University of Missouri, Kansas City

Everyone knows the rule that ambiguities are interpreted in favor of coverage, but not very many people have explored what the rule really means.  At what point is something "ambiguous"?

The majority of courts apply a test that will find "ambiguity" if a provision is subject to two or more "reasonable" interpretations.  A few courts, as well as secondary contracts literature, take a more conservative approach and find "ambiguity" only

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