Oregon Law
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42.005[1981 c.892 §79a; 1993 c.546 §96; repealed by 2001 c.104 §13] 42.010Private writings 42.020Execution of a writing 42.030Subscribing witness 42.040Proof of attested writing other than a will 42.050[Repealed by 1981 c.892 §98] 42.060[Repealed by 1981 c.892 §98] 42.070[Repealed by 1981 c.892 §98] 42.080[Repealed by 1981 c.892 §98] 42.110Seal defined 42.115Effect of presence or absence of seal 42.120[Repealed by 1965 c.502 §6] 42.125Seal of state officer or state agency authorized 42.130[Repealed by 1965 c.502 §6] 42.140[Repealed by 1965 c.502 §6] 42.141Writing executed or acknowledged in electronic presence of witness 42.150[Repealed by 1965 c.502 §6] 42.160[Repealed by 1965 c.502 §6] 42.210Effect of the place of execution 42.220Consideration of circumstances 42.230Office of judge in construing instruments 42.240Intention of the parties; general and particular provisions and intents 42.250Terms construed as generally accepted; evidence of other signification 42.260Ambiguous terms 42.270Written words control printed form 42.280Deciphering characters and translating languages 42.290Construction of notices 42.300Parties to written instrument not to deny facts recited therein

Chapter 42 — Execution, Formalities and Interpretation of Writings

ORS 42.260 Ambiguous terms

When the terms of an agreement have been intended in a different sense by the parties, that sense is to prevail, against either party, in which the party supposed the other understood it. When different constructions of a provision are otherwise equally proper, that construction is to be taken which is most favorable to the party in whose favor the provision was made.

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