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How a deed should be interpreted
How courts should interpret documents
How the court should construe a document which is framed in such a way that there is an element of obscurity
Need for words in documents to be given their ordinary meaning
The cardinal presumption in the interpretation of documents
The principle of construction where words are clear and unambiguous
The principle that a document should be given its ordinary meaning if the terms used are clear and unambiguous
The principle that a document should be read and construed as a whole
The principle that a document speaks for itself and the intention of the maker is to be discovered from the ordinary meaning ascribed to words in the document
The principle that documents should be read as a whole and interpreted holistically
The principle that the contents of a document are to be taken and considered as a whole
Whether a court can read extraneous words into a document
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