VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 45.310
Construction Against the Drafter
In interpreting a contract, you should resolve any doubts about the meaning of a word or phrase
against the party who [prepared; supplied; inserted the language in; used the language in] the contract.
History
Virginia Model Jury Instructions – Civil, Release 26, April 2026. The unannotated set, posted by the Supreme Court of Virginia at vacourts.gov; the book states that it is made available with the permission of the publisher, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Provenance
- Source
- vacourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- Edition
- civ-2026-04-01
- Content hash
29b61068275c615666de193d4665d540f21eb0a7e21177b00de5d23afa2599bd
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