Indian Succession Act, 1925 · Chapter VI: Of the Construction of Wills
Section 84: Which of two possible constructions preferred
Where a clause is susceptible of two meanings according to one of which it has some effect, and according to the other of which it can have none, the former shall be preferred.
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