FL · jury_instructions
Fla. Std. Jury Instr. (Contract & Bus.) 416.15
INTERPRETATION — MEANING OF ORDINARY WORDS
You should assume that the parties intended the disputed term(s) in their contract to have their plain and ordinary meaning, unless you decide that the parties intended the disputed term(s) to have another meaning.
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- floridabar.org
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- 2026-08-18
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- 2026-08-18
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