ambiguity
81one-hundred-and-eighty-degree ambiguity — An error in some radio direction finders in which equipment cannot discern whether a signal is being received from ahead of or behind the aircraft. Automatic direction finders do not have this problem. Beacon’s position can be either at A or B.… …
82patent 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… …
83latent ambiguity — noun : an uncertainty which does not appear upon the face of a legal instrument but arises from evidence aliunde : an uncertainty not involved in words themselves but arising from outside matters opposed to patent ambiguity * * * Law. uncertainty …
84latent ambiguity — Law. uncertainty that arises when a seemingly clear written instrument is matched against an extrinsic fact, as when a description of something being sold fits two different items. [1840 50] * * * …
85patent ambiguity — Law. uncertainty of meaning created by the obscure or ambiguous language appearing on the face of a written instrument. * * * …
86type–token ambiguity — How many words occur in the works of Shakespeare? The question may be asking how many types of word, or in other words how large Shakespeare s vocabulary is, in which case the answer will be several thousand, or it may be asking how many tokens… …
87extrinsic ambiguity — In a written contract, such is an uncertainty which does not arise by the terms of the instrument itself, but is created by some collateral matter not appearing in the instrument. Pacific Indemnity Co. v. California Electric Works, 29 Cal.App.2d… …
88extrinsic ambiguity — In a written contract, such is an uncertainty which does not arise by the terms of the instrument itself, but is created by some collateral matter not appearing in the instrument. Pacific Indemnity Co. v. California Electric Works, 29 Cal.App.2d… …
89ambiguitas — Ambiguity …
90Ambiguities — Ambiguity Am bi*gu i*ty, n.; pl. {Ambiguities}. [L. ambiguitas, fr. ambiguus: cf. F. ambiguit[ e].] The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting …
