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CACI No. 317

Interpretation—Construction of Contract as a Whole

activein force · 2022-01-01 – presentcompiled-edition

In deciding what the words of a contract meant to the parties, you

should consider the whole contract, not just isolated parts. Y ou should

use each part to help you interpret the others, so that all the parts make

sense when taken together.

New September 2003; Revised December 2014

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courts.ca.gov
Retrieved
2026-08-20
Edition
caci-2022
Content hash
b99c549c131ebc4217b3cef44b049742579e069208a7a62fa9184774e1909328
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