{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-42.260","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 42.260","heading":"Ambiguous terms.","body":"When the terms of an agreement have been intended in a different sense by the parties, that sense is to prevail, against either party, in which the party supposed the other understood it. When different constructions of a provision are otherwise equally proper, that construction is to be taken which is most favorable to the party in whose favor the provision was made.","path":["01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure","4. Evidence and Witnesses","Chapter 42 — Execution, Formalities and Interpretation of Writings"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors042.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:10Z","sha256":"b1b8a6c149debf743ec317ea101761eaa0ba734c2d8a52848892ab2b971f8f49","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-42.250","next":"us-or/ors-42.270"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}