GroundRules
ORS 42.240: Intention of the parties; general and particular provisions and intents.
Where this section sits in the code
- 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure
- 4. Evidence and Witnesses
- Chapter 42 — Execution, Formalities and Interpretation of Writings
In the construction of an instrument the intention of the parties is to be pursued if possible; and when a general and particular provision are inconsistent, the latter is paramount to the former. So a particular intent shall control a general one that is inconsistent with it.
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