Ambiguous language in a document can be resolved by extrinsic facts to identify the single intended person or thing. When a written expression can refer to several persons or things but, on the facts, could have been intended to apply to only one, evidence of surrounding facts may be given to show which person or thing was meant; examples include identifying which of two similarly described horses was sold or which of two places with the same name was intended.
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Ambiguous language in a document can be resolved by extrinsic facts to identify the single intended person or thing.
When a written expression can refer to several persons or things but, on the facts, could have been intended to apply to only one, evidence of surrounding facts may be given to show which person or thing was meant; examples include identifying which of two similarly described horses was sold or which of two places with the same name was intended.
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