apparent ambiguity

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• apparent — ap·par·ent adj 1: capable of being easily seen, perceived, or discovered apparent defects apparent ambiguity 2: having a right to succeed to a title or estate that cannot be defeated 3: appearing to one s senses and esp. one s vision or to one s… …   Law dictionary

• ambiguity — I noun abstruseness, ambiguitas, bafflement, bewilderment, confounded meaning, confused meaning, confusion, disconcertion, doubtful meaning, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, duplexity in meaning, equivocalness, equivocation, incertitude,… …   Law dictionary

• Ambiguity (law) — Ambiguity, in law, is of two kinds, patent and latent. Patent ambiguity is that ambiguity which is apparent on the face of an instrument to any one perusing it, even if he be unacquainted with the circumstances of the parties. In the case of a… …   Wikipedia

• ambiguity — /aembsgyuwatiy/ Doubtfulness; doubleness of meaning. Duplicity, indistinctness, or uncertainty of meaning of an expression used in a written instrument. Want of clearness or definiteness; difficult to comprehend or distinguish; of doubtful import …   Black's law dictionary

• ambiguity — /aembsgyuwatiy/ Doubtfulness; doubleness of meaning. Duplicity, indistinctness, or uncertainty of meaning of an expression used in a written instrument. Want of clearness or definiteness; difficult to comprehend or distinguish; of doubtful import …   Black's law dictionary

• Ambiguity function — In pulsed radar and sonar signal processing, an ambiguity function isa two dimensional function of time delay and Doppler frequencychi( au,f) showing the distortion of an uncompensated matched filter (sometimes called pulse compression) due to… …   Wikipedia

• ambiguity —   a situation, story line, scene, or character, etc. in which there are apparent contradictions; an event (and its outcome) is deliberately left unclear, and there may exist more than one meaning or interpretation; can be either intentional or… …   Glossary of cinematic terms

• patent ambiguity — patent am·bi·gu·i·ty / ˌam bə gyü ə tē/ n: an ambiguity in a legal document (as a contract or will) that is apparent on the face of the document and arises from inconsistent or uncertain language compare latent ambiguity Merriam Webster’s… …   Law dictionary

• latent ambiguity — A defect which does not appear on the face of language used or an instrument being considered. It arises when language is clear and intelligible and suggests but a single meaning, but some extrinsic fact or some extraneous evidence creates a… …   Black's law dictionary

• latent ambiguity — A defect which does not appear on the face of language used or an instrument being considered. It arises when language is clear and intelligible and suggests but a single meaning, but some extrinsic fact or some extraneous evidence creates a… …   Black's law dictionary

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