Example sentences of "will be construed against the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The draftsman should bear in mind that any restriction will be construed against the firm in whose interest it purports to be imposed .
2 In the case of a lease this will usually mean that the ambiguity will be construed against the landlord ( Killick v Second Covent Garden Property Co Ltd [ 1973 ] 2 All ER 337 , although in Amax International Ltd v Custodian Holdings Ltd [ 1986 ] 2 EGLR 111 , Hoffmann J suggested that , technically , the tenant might be the proferens ) .
3 The practical significance of this distinction is that in cases of ambiguity an exception will be construed against the landlord , while a reservation will be construed against the tenant ( St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Board of Finance v Clark ( No 2 ) [ 1975 ] 1 All ER 772 ) .
4 Any ambiguity will be construed against the tenant ( St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Board of Finance v Clark ( No 2 ) [ 1975 ] 1 All ER 772 ) .
5 The practical significance of this distinction is that in cases of ambiguity an exception will be construed against the landlord , while a reservation will be construed against the tenant ( St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Board of Finance v Clark ( No 2 ) [ 1975 ] 1 All ER 772 ) .
6 However , some parts of the lease will be construed against the tenent , since by a legal fiction he may be treated as a grantor .
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