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latent ambiguity

noun Law.

uncertainty that arises when a seemingly clear written instrument is matched against an extrinsic fact, as when a description of something being sold fits two different items.

Origin:
1840–50

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the power of the state to take private property for public use with payment of compensation to the owner

a call or citation by authority to appear before a court or a judicial officer

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