latent ambiguity
Law
adjective
An ambiguity in a document which only becomes apparent in the light of knowledge gained from extrinsic evidence.
Origin
Late 18th century.
- proposer
- proposita
- proposition
- propositional
- propositional attitude
- propositional calculus
- propositional connective
- propositional function
- propositionalist
- propositionally
- propositionise
- propositionising
- propositionize
- propositionizing
- propositus
- propound
- propounder
- propoundment
- propoxur
- propoxyphene
- proppage
- proppant
- propper
- proppily
- proppy