The Law of Interpretation

Question	Answer
What Are The 4 Principles of Documentary Interpretation	1. Construe the whole document 2. Construction must be near to the mind of the maker 3. the intention is to be garnered from the document 4. technical words must be given their strict legal effect Biney v Biney
The Construction Must Be Near To The Mind and Intention of the Maker	1. In Re Amartefio (decd) Amartefio v Amartefio the 20 pounds story 2. Impraim v Baffoe (immediate descendants is children =/= grandchildren) 3. Addai v Donkor (children of nieces =/= grandchildren)
Intention Must Be Gathered From The Written Instrument	1. Akim Akroso Stool v Akim Manso Stool meaning of the words in the document could only be derived from the document itself 2. Prempeh v Agyemang (draft will be construed as samansiw) 3. Allan Sugar (Products) Ltd v Ghana Export Co Ltd (the lands bought from NIB) 4. Asona Builders v Akers( day by day is construed as is intended and not ass demurrage is construed
3. Technical Construction of Documents	1. Monta v Patterson simons ltd words should be given their legal meanings especially when they are drafted by lawyers. 2. Biney v Biney ( heirs and assigns to be given their legal technical meaning) 3. Arbenser v Hesse (unto and to the use to be given its technical meaning
4. Document must be read as a whole	1. Boateng v Volta Aluminium Co (an employment contract must be read as a whole) 2. Manu v Emeruwa 3. Najat Metal Enterprises Ltd v Manson

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