See also:

• AMBIGUITY (Fr. ambiguite, med. Lat. ambiguitas, from Lat. ambiguus, doubtful; ambi, both ways, agere, to drive)

AMBIGUITY (Fr. ambiguite, med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. ambiguitas, from Lat. ambiguus, doubtful; ambi, both ways, agere, to drive)  , doubtfulness or uncertainty . In See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law an See also:

• AMBIGUITY (Fr. ambiguite, med. Lat. ambiguitas, from Lat. ambiguus, doubtful; ambi, both ways, agere, to drive)

ambiguity as to the meaning of the words of a written See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument may be of considerable importance . Ambiguity, in law, is of two kinds, patent and latent . (I) Patent ambiguity is that ambiguity which is apparent on the See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of an instrument to any one perusing it, even if he be unacquainted with the circumstances of the parties . In the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of a patent ambiguity parol See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence is admissible to explain only what has been written, not what it was intended to write . For example, in See also:

• SAUNDERSON, EDWARD JAMES (1837-1906)
• SAUNDERSON, or SANDERSON, NICHOLAS (1682-1739)

Saunderson v . See also:

• PIPER, CARL, COUNT (1647-1716)

Piper, 1839, 5 B.N.C . 425, where a See also:

• BILL

bill was See also:

• DRAWN

drawn in figures for £245 and in words for two See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred pounds, evidence that " and See also:

• FORTY

forty-five " had been omitted by See also:

• MISTAKE (i.e. take amiss)

mistake was rejected . But where it appears from the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general context of the instrument what the parties really meant, the instrument will be construed as if there was no ambiguity, as in Saye and Sele's case, to Mod . 46, where the name of the grantor had been omitted in the operative See also:

• PART

part of a See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant, but, as it was clear from another part of the grant who he was, the See also:

• DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed was held to be valid . (2) Latent ambiguity is where the wording of an instrument is on the face of it clear and intelligible, but may, at the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, apply equally to two different things or subject matters, as where a See also:

• LEGACY (Lat. legatum)

legacy is given to my See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John," and the testator is shown to have two nephews of that name . A latent ambiguity may be explained by parol evidence, for, as the ambiguity has been brought about by circumstances 'extraneous to the instrument, the explanation must necessarily be sought for from such circumstances .