latent 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 extrinsic ambiguity; equivocation; ambiguitas latens. [Cases: Contracts 143(2); Evidence 452. C.J.S. Contracts §§ 303–305; Evidence §§ 1222–1224.]


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