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contra proferentem: a standalone construct

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Insurance law

the interpretive rule that an ambiguous term is read against the party who drafted it, studied as a core canon of insurance policy interpretation.

In insurance law, contra proferentem refers to the interpretive rule that an ambiguous term is read against the party who drafted it, studied as a core canon of insurance policy interpretation. This meaning comes from Abraham (1996) in Michigan Law Review.[1]

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References

Abraham, K. S. (1996). A Theory of Insurance Policy Interpretation. Michigan Law Review, 95(3), 531. https://doi.org/10.2307/1290161

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