Interpretation and construction: Difference between revisions

*'''[[Interpretation]]''': How one should generally construe generic phrases: should singulars include plurals; masculine include the feminine and non-binary shades between; should references to [[principal]]s include their [[agent]] or even [[affiliate]]s, should references to [[contract]]s, [[statute]]s and [[regulation]]s be understood as originally executed/enacted or as subsequently amended [[from time to time]] — don’t giggle at the back, Blenkinsop Minor:  this might seem obvious to the point of banality to ''you'', but it keeps [[ERISA]] attorneys awake at night, and populates and animates their most gruesome nightmares.<ref>Doubt as to whether a statute should be construed as amended is at the heart of [[ERISA netting]] problem.</ref>

*'''[[Construction]]''': when approaching the semiotic task of ''construing'' these elegantly turned phrases, whether  one should pay any attention to [[headings]], and which prevails should one part of the agreement conflict with another — in a single unitary agreement, a bit of a bish, needless to say, but in a hierarchically-structured [[master agreement]], part of the design)