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OUJI-CIV No. 23.12
ENTIRE CONTRACT
ENTIRE CONTRACT
A contract is to be interpreted as a whole, and the overall intention of the parties
is controlling over the separate parts of a contract.
If possible, each part of a contract must be used to help interpret the other parts,
but if one part is wholly inconsistent with the general intention of the parties, it should be
rejected.
When a contract is partly printed and par tly typed [hand-written], then the typed
[hand-written] part is controlling over the printed part should there be any inconsistencies
between these parts.
Where several contracts make up a single transaction, then they should be
interpreted together.
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- 2026-08-23
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- 2026-08-23
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