Practice question
A document was executed in a place where a term has a particular legal meaning. The parties clearly intended a different meaning, and no mandatory legal prohibition prevents that intent. Does section 11 make the local legal meaning conclusive anyway?
- Yes, contrary intent is never relevant.
- No; section 11 uses local legal meaning unless the parties intended otherwise.
- Yes, if the term appears twice.
- No; local legal meaning is never relevant at all.
- Yes, every alternative meaning invalidates the agreement.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html — Rule 130 sections 11–20: legal meaning, harmonization, particular provisions, context, usage and competing constructions.
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