patent ambiguity — [pat′ nt, pāt′ nt] n. Law uncertainty existing where language employed in an instrument is capable of more than one meaning: see LATENT AMBIGUITY … English World dictionary
patent ambiguity — noun : an ambiguity in a legal document arising from the words themselves opposed to latent ambiguity * * * Law. uncertainty of meaning created by the obscure or ambiguous language appearing on the face of a written instrument … Useful english dictionary
patent ambiguity — An uncertainty appearing on the face of an instrument, such that the court, reading the language in the light of all the facts and circumstances referred to in the instrument, is unable to derive therefrom the intention of the parties. 23 Am J2d… … Ballentine's law dictionary
patent ambiguity — Law. uncertainty of meaning created by the obscure or ambiguous language appearing on the face of a written instrument. * * * … Universalium
ambiguity — I noun abstruseness, ambiguitas, bafflement, bewilderment, confounded meaning, confused meaning, confusion, disconcertion, doubtful meaning, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, duplexity in meaning, equivocalness, equivocation, incertitude,… … Law dictionary
patent — pat·ent 1 / pat ənt3 also pāt / adj [Anglo French, from Latin patent patens, from present participle of patēre to be open] 1 a: open to public inspection see also letters patent at letter 2 … Law dictionary
Ambiguity (law) — Ambiguity, in law, is of two kinds, patent and latent. Patent ambiguity is that ambiguity which is apparent on the face of an instrument to any one perusing it, even if he be unacquainted with the circumstances of the parties. In the case of a… … Wikipedia
ambiguity — /aembsgyuwatiy/ Doubtfulness; doubleness of meaning. Duplicity, indistinctness, or uncertainty of meaning of an expression used in a written instrument. Want of clearness or definiteness; difficult to comprehend or distinguish; of doubtful import … Black's law dictionary
ambiguity — /aembsgyuwatiy/ Doubtfulness; doubleness of meaning. Duplicity, indistinctness, or uncertainty of meaning of an expression used in a written instrument. Want of clearness or definiteness; difficult to comprehend or distinguish; of doubtful import … Black's law dictionary
patent — 1. adj /peytant/ Open; manifest; evident; unsealed. Used in this sense in such phrases as patent ambiguity, patent writ, letters patent. noun /pabtsnt/ A grant of some privilege, property, or authority, made by the government or sovereign of a… … Black's law dictionary
