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These types of contracts are most common in software purchases, and insurance policies. In addition, government contracts contain numerous clauses which, by law or regulation, must be included AND are considered to be included even if omitted from the contract itself.<ref>This is called the "Christian" doctrine, which has nothing to do with religion but was the name of the company involved in the case. Interestingly, it was the company -- not the government -- which successfully argued that an inadvertently omitted clause -- beneficial to its position in a dispute -- had to be included.</ref>
These types of contracts are most common in software purchases, and insurance policies. In addition, government contracts contain numerous clauses which, by law or regulation, must be included AND are considered to be included even if omitted from the contract itself.<ref>This is called the "Christian" doctrine, which has nothing to do with religion but was the name of the company involved in the case. Interestingly, it was the company -- not the government -- which successfully argued that an inadvertently omitted clause -- beneficial to its position in a dispute -- had to be included.</ref>
As such, under the legal doctrine of contra proferentem, any ambiguity in a contract -- such as whether a loss is covered by a policy -- is strictly construed against the party who wrote the language.
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