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2022 California Code
Civil Code - CIV
DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS
PART 2 - CONTRACTS
TITLE 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS
Section 1654.
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CA Civ Code § 1654 (2022)
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1654. In cases of uncertainty not removed by the preceding rules, the language of a contract should be interpreted most strongly against the party who caused the uncertainty to exist.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1120, Sec. 1.)
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