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Cardinal principle of construction of documents

How an insurance policy should be construed

Need for documents to be given their ordinary, grammatical meaning

Need for words used in a document to be given effect to without alteration

The basic rules of interpretation of documents

The general rule on the construction of documents and its exception

The interpretation of written documents as a question of law

The principle that additional words should not be imported into a written document

The principle that all the parts of the document must be read as a whole and interpreted within their context

The principle that the circumstances existing at the time of a transaction must be considered when construing a deed

The rule of construction applicable to insurance policies

Whether extrinsic evidence is admissible to construe a document

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