Text of the provision
Art. 1377. The interpretation of obscure words or stipulations in a contract shall not favor the party who caused the obscurity.
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Civil Code of the Philippines, Republic Act No. 386, approved June 18, 1949, effective August 30, 1950. Reproduced in full; verified verbatim against the LawPhil and ChanRobles official-text renderings.
What this article means
The interpretation of obscure words does not favor the party who caused the obscurity — the contra proferentem rule, central to contracts of adhesion.
Related provisions
- Article 1376 — Usage and Custom.
- Article 1378 — Doubts of Last Resort.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.
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