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10/23/09, 12:52 pm

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If a phrase is used in an official document or posting that has legal meaning (ex. Quiet Enjoyment), can a company later claim that they intended the phrase to be interpreted with the 'layman's meaning' and to completely exclude the legal meaning?

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No. If the term refers to a tenant's right, it is gthe right as defined by landlord-tenant law in Massachusetts. The c...

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Gregory Lee

No. Legal documents that use "terms of art" such as quiet enjoyment in a lease are to be interpreted as such unless spec...

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Jonathan Roth

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