§ 24.Syn Synopsis to Chapter 24: interpretation of contracts

§ 24.1 Rules of Interpretation and Construction As Applied to Contract Terms, Formation of Contracts, and Wills

§ 24.2 Interpretation of Contracts Distinguished from Interpretation of Statutes

§ 24.3 Interpretation Distinguished from Construction of Contracts

§ 24.4 Can Interpretation be Either ''Strict'' or ''Liberal''?

§ 24.5 Which Party's Meaning Should Govern?

§ 24.6 Interpretation of Contracts is Neither Wholly Objective Nor Wholly Subjective

§ 24.7 Do Words Used in a Contract Have Only One True Meaning? Are Words Ever So ''Plain and Clear'' As to Exclude ...

§ 24.8 Parties May Adopt Special Codes and Choose Their Own Usage and Definitions

§ 24.9 Interpretation Requires The Weighing of Evidence, Not Its Exclusion

§ 24.10 Varieties of Extrinsic Evidence

§ 24.11 Interpretation of Contracts Distinguished from Application of The ''Parol Evidence Rule''

§ 24.12 The Distinction between Integrated and Unintegrated Contracts Is Relevant Not to Interpretation But to ...

§ 24.13 Proof of Local Or Limited Usage, Including Trade Usage, to Establish The Meaning of Words and Other Symbols

§ 24.14 Proof of Local Or Limited Usage, Including Trade Usage, to Add Provisions to A Contract

§ 24.15 Against Whom Is Local and Limited Usage, Including Trade Usage, Operative?

§ 24.16 Course of Performance: Practical Interpretation and Application of The Contract by The Parties Thereto

§ 24.17 Course of Dealing: The Parties' Conduct in Prior Transactions with Each Other

§ 24.18 Reformation of Contract Distinguished from Inter-pretation

§ 24.19 The Courts Do Not Make Contracts for The Parties

§ 24.20 When The Principal Purpose of The Parties Becomes Clear, Further Interpretation Should Be Guided Thereby

§ 24.21 Interpretation of The Contract As A Whole

§ 24.22 Courts Favor An Interpretation That Makes The Agreement Valid, Lawful, and Reasonable and That Avoids Forfeiture

§ 24.23 Conflicting Provisions - Words of General Descrip-tion Yield to More Specific Words

§ 24.24 Conflicting Provisions - Printed Terms Are Modified by Handwritten Or Typewritten Terms

§ 24.25 Courts Favor A ''Construction'' in The Public Interest

§ 24.26 Contracts That Incorporate Statutes by Implication

§ 24.27 Interpretation Contra Proferentem - Against The Party Who Chose The Contract Words

§ 24.28 Additional Maxims of Interpretation

§ 24.29 Contracts That Do Not State A Time Limit

§ 24.30 Is Interpretation A Question of Fact Or A Question of Law?

§ 24.31 ''Standards'' of Interpretation

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Supp. to § 24.1 Rules of Interpretation and Construction As Applied to Contract Terms, Formation of Contracts, and Wills

Supp. to § 24.2 Interpretation of Contracts Distinguished from Interpretation of Statutes

Supp. to § 24.3 Interpretation Distinguished from Construction of Contracts

Supp. to § 24.5 Which Party's Meaning Should Govern?

Supp. to § 24.6 Interpretation of Contracts is Neither Wholly Objective Nor Wholly Subjective

Supp. to § 24.7 Do Words Used in a Contract Have Only One True Meaning? Are Words Ever So ''Plain and Clear'' as to ...

Supp. to § 24.10 Varieties of Extrinsic Evidence

Supp. to § 24.11 Interpretation of Contracts Distinguished From Application of the ''Parol Evidence Rule''

Supp. to § 24.12 The Distinction Between Integrated and Unintegrated Contracts Is Relevant Not to Interpretation But ...

Supp. to § 24.13 Proof of Local Or Limited Usage, Including Trade Usage, to Establish The Meaning of Words and Other ...

Supp. to § 24.14 Proof of Local or Limited Usage, Including Trade Usage, to Add Provisions to a Contract

Supp. to § 24.16 Course of Performance: Practical Interpretation and Application of the Contract by the Parties Thereto

Supp. to § 24.17 Course of Dealing: The Parties' Conduct in Prior Transactions With Each Other

Supp. to § 24.18 Reformation of Contract Distinguished From Interpretation

Supp. to § 24.19 The Courts Do Not Make Contracts for the Parties

Supp. to § 24.20 When the Principal Purpose of the Parties Becomes Clear, Further Interpretation Should Be Guided Thereby

Supp. to § 24.21 Interpretation of the Contract as a Whole

Supp. to § 24.22 Courts Favor an Interpretation That Makes The Agreement Valid, Lawful and Reasonable, and That ...

Supp. to § 24.23 Conflicting Provisions-Words of General Description Yield to More Specific Words

Supp. to § 24.24 Conflicting Provisions-Printed Terms Are Modified by Handwritten or Typewritten Terms

Supp. to § 24.25 Courts Favor a ''Construction'' in the Public Interest

Supp. to § 24.26 Contracts That Incorporate Statutes by Implication

Supp. to § 24.27 Interpretation Contra Proferentem-Against the Party Who Chose the Contract Words

Supp. to § 24.27A Courts Will Review the Fairness of Adhesion Contract Terms

Supp. to § 24.27B Adhesion Contract Review Distinguished From Unconscionability, Reasonableness, and Good Faith Doctrines

Supp. to § 24.27C When a Contract Is One of Adhesion

Supp. to § 24.27D Adhesion Contracts With a Non-Adhesion Term

Supp. to § 24.27E Adhesion Contracts-Fairness Requires Terms to Serve Some Legitimate Purpose

Supp. to § 24.27F Adhesion Contracts-Fairness Forbids Giving One Party All the Benefits, Other Only Burdens

Supp. to § 24.27G Adhesion Contract Terms Must Be Reasonably Adapted to Advance Their Legitimate Purposes

Supp. to § 24.27H Adhesion Contracts Are Presumed Fair Absent Proof to the Contrary

Supp. to § 24.27I Adhesion Contract Terms Which Have Been Adjudicated Unfair

Supp. to § 24.28 Additional Maxims of Interpretation

Supp. to § 24.29 Contracts That Do Not State a Time Limit

Supp. to § 24.30 Is Interpretation a Question of Fact or a Question of Law?

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