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Title 4 - EVIDENCE AND WITNESSESChapter 42 - EXECUTION, FORMALITIES AND INTERPRETATION OF WRITINGS
INTERPRETATION OF WRITINGS
Section 42.240 - Intention of the parties; general and particular provisions and intents

ORS § 42.240

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Section 42.240 - Intention of the parties; general and particular provisions and intents

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.

ORS 42.240