Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

contra proferentem


Definition of contra proferentem

adverb

Law
  • (of the interpretation of an ambiguous contract) against the party which proposed or drafted the contract or clause.

Origin:

Latin, 'against (the person) mentioning'

  |  Cite

Word of the day

kempt

/ kɛm(p)t /
adjective
maintained in a neat and clean condition …