ambiguitas latens et ambiguitas patens (am-bi-gyoo-[schwa]-tas lay-tenz et am-bi-gyoo-[schwa]-tas pay-tenz). [Latin] Hist. Latent and patent ambiguity. See latent ambiguity and patent ambiguity under AMBI-GUITY.
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ambiguitas latens (am-bi-gyoo-[schwa]-tas lay-tenz). See latent ambiguity under AMBIGUITY.
An ambiguity that does not readily appear in the language of a document, but instead arises from a collateral matter when the document’s terms are applied or executed [the contract contained a latent ambiguity: the shipping terms stated that the goods would arrive on the Peerless, but two ships have that name]. — Also termed