Common use of Terms; Captions Clause in Contracts

Terms; Captions. The words “Landlord” and “Tenant” as used herein shall include the plural as well as the singular. The captions of Articles and Sections are for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of such Articles and Sections. Wherever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Lease, they shall be deemed, as the context indicates, to be followed by the words “but (is/are) not limited to” or “without limitation”, or words similar thereto, as the context requires. The word “person”, as used in this Lease, means any natural person or persons in individual or representative capacities and any entity or entities of any kind whatsoever, including corporations, partnerships and associations, or any combination of persons and entities and the term “Business Days”, as used in this Lease means Monday through Friday, excluding the following holidays: New Year’s Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day, and any other day on which banks in California or nationally are authorized or required by Law or executive order to close. Any reference herein to “any part” or “any portion” of the Premises, the Building, the Property or any other property shall be construed to refer to all or any part of such property. Wherever this Lease requires Tenant to comply with any Restriction, program, procedure or other requirement or prohibits Tenant from engaging in any particular conduct, this Lease shall be deemed also to require Tenant to cause each of its employees, licensees, invitees and subtenants, and any other person claiming by, through or under Tenant, to comply with such requirement or refrain from engaging in such conduct, as the case may be. Tenant hereby waives the benefit of any rule that a written agreement shall be construed against the drafting party.