Latent ambiguity

Latent ambiguity

An uncertainty which does not appear upon the face of an instrument but arises from evidence aliunde - that is, one which is not involved in the words themselves but arises from outside matters. Thus, a conveyance to John Smith, living on Fifth Avenue, when it appears that there are two or more John Smiths so living, contains a latent ambiguity. The opposite of patent ambiguity.

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