{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-13-2-3","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 13-2-3","heading":"Ascertainment and enforcement of intention of parties generally.","body":"The cardinal rule of construction is to ascertain the intention of the parties. If that intention is clear and it contravenes no rule of law and sufficient words are used to arrive at the intention, it shall be enforced irrespective of all technical or arbitrary rules of construction.","path":["TITLE 13 Contracts","CHAPTER 2 Construction"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.13.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"f5342cd1119f33e154f4c357e2d482ba9e0066baa6b3757d32f3d9bba8e1172e","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-13-2-2","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-13-2-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}