{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1654","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1654","heading":"","body":"In cases of uncertainty not removed by the preceding rules, the language of a contract should be interpreted most strongly against the party who caused the uncertainty to exist.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 2. CONTRACTS [1549. - 1701.]","TITLE 3. INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS [1635. - 1663.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"65918fca55f8b3a406399dffd480903497e4dcddbc12229a3ed839c967ef511d","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1653","next":"us-ca/civ-1655"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}