Interpretation; Drafting Clause Samples

Interpretation; Drafting. All Schedules, Annexes, Appendices and Exhibits annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein. The headings preceding the text of Articles and Sections included in this Agreement and the headings to Schedules, Annexes, Appendices and Exhibits attached to this Agreement are for convenience only and will not be deemed part of this Agreement or be given any effect in interpreting this Agreement. The use of the masculine, feminine or neuter gender or the singular or plural form of words herein will not limit any provision of this Agreement. The use of the terms “including” or “include” will in all cases herein mean “including, without limitation” or “include, without limitation,” respectively. Reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns to the extent such successors and assigns are permitted by the terms of this Agreement. Reference to a Person in a particular capacity excludes such Person in any other capacity or individually. Reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms hereof. Underscored references to Articles, Sections, paragraphs, clauses, Schedules, Annexes, Appendices or Exhibits will refer to those portions of this Agreement. The use of the terms “hereunder,” “hereof,” “hereto” and words of similar import will refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section, paragraph or clause of, or Schedule, Annex, Appendix or Exhibit to, this Agreement. Reference to any specific statutory or regulatory provisions or to any specific Governmental Authority shall include any successor statute or regulation, or successor Governmental Authority, as the case may be. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement will be construed as jointly drafted by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.
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Interpretation; Drafting. This Agreement shall be construed equally as against the Parties hereto and shall not be construed against the Party responsible for its drafting. All prior drafts of this Agreement shall be disregarded in construing the intent of any provision contained herein or therein, and such prior drafts shall be inadmissible in any proceeding at which any such provision is to be interpreted.
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Interpretation; Drafting. The terms “this Agreement”, “hereof”, “herein”, “hereunder” and similar expressions refer to this Agreement and the Schedules hereto and not to any particular article, section, paragraph, clause or other portion hereof and include any agreement or instrument supplementary or ancillary hereto. The Parties hereto acknowledge that their respective legal counsel have reviewed and participated in settling the terms of this Agreement, and the Parties hereby agree that any rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguity is to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be applicable in the interpretation of this Agreement.
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Interpretation; Drafting. This Agreement shall be construed equally as against the parties hereto and shall not be construed against the party responsible for its drafting. All prior drafts of this Agreement shall be disregarded in construing the intent of any provision contained herein or therein, and such prior drafts shall be inadmissible in any proceeding at which any such provision is to be interpreted. This Agreement has been negotiated and executed in the English language. Translations of this Agreement into other languages are for convenience only and shall have no force and effect on the legal interpretation of this Agreement, and the English version shall control in all respects.
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Interpretation; Drafting. This Agreement shall be construed equally as against the parties hereto and shall not be construed against the party responsible for its drafting. All prior drafts of this Agreement shall be disregarded in construing the intent of any provision contained herein or therein, and such prior drafts shall be inadmissible in any proceeding at which any such provision is to be interpreted. This Agreement has been negotiated and executed in the English language. Translations of this Agreement into other languages are for convenience only and shall have no force and effect on the legal interpretation of this Agreement, and the English version shall control in all respects. The parties acknowledge that there are three (3) Spanish-language stock purchase agreements attached as Exhibits I-1, I-2, and I-3 (the "Spanish-Language SPA's"), which the parties have been informed are formalities needed for Mexican stock transfer documentation. The parties hereto agree that anything in the Spanish-Language SPA's that is inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement will be disregarded, and the terms of this Agreement will control over any inconsistent terms contained in the Spanish-Language SPA's.
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Related to Interpretation; Drafting

  • Mutual Drafting; Interpretation Each party has participated in the drafting of this Agreement, which each party acknowledges is the result of extensive negotiations between the parties. If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision. For purposes of this Agreement, whenever the context requires: the singular number shall include the plural, and vice versa; the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders; the feminine gender shall include the masculine and neuter genders; and the neuter gender shall include masculine and feminine genders. As used in this Agreement, the words “include” and “including,” and variations thereof, shall not be deemed to be terms of limitation, but rather shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” As used in this Agreement, references to a “party” or the “parties” are intended to refer to a party to this Agreement or the parties to this Agreement. Except as otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to “Sections,” “Exhibits,” “Annexes” and “Schedules” are intended to refer to Sections of this Agreement and Exhibits, Annexes and Schedules to this Agreement. All references in this Agreement to “$” are intended to refer to U.S. dollars. Unless otherwise specifically provided for herein, the term “or” shall not be deemed to be exclusive.

  • Interpretation, etc Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the context otherwise requires, be used in the singular or the plural, depending on the reference. References herein to any Section, Appendix, Schedule or Exhibit shall be to a Section, an Appendix, a Schedule or an Exhibit, as the case may be, hereof unless otherwise specifically provided. The use herein of the word “include” or “including,” when following any general statement, term or matter, shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not no limiting language (such as “without limitation” or “but not limited to” or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter.

  • 2Interpretation The interpretation and construction of the Contract shall be subject to the following provisions:

  • Interpretation Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to require the Trust or the Fund to take any action contrary to the Trust’s Declaration of Trust or By-Laws, or any applicable statutory or regulatory requirement to which it is subject or by which it is bound, or to relieve or deprive the Trust’s Board of Trustees of its responsibility for and control of the conduct of the affairs of the Trust or the Funds.

  • Neutral Interpretation This Agreement constitutes the product of the negotiation of the parties hereto and the enforcement hereof shall be interpreted in a neutral manner, and not more strongly for or against any party based upon the source of the draftsmanship hereof.