Drafting Skills · glossary
An old rule for reading lists. General words after a list are read as the same kind as the list. So in “fire, flood or any other cause”, the last words may cover only events like fire and flood. Version 1, clause 15.1 · Chapter 3 · see Contra proferentem, Force majeure
Explained in Chapter 3, Contract Interpretation: How Courts Read Unclear Wording, of Drafting Skills.
Under ejusdem generis, general words after a list are read as the same kind as the list. So in “fire, flood or any other cause”, the last words may cover only events like fire and flood.Read Chapter 3, Contract Interpretation: How Courts Read Unclear Wording →
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