Additional Rules of Interpretation Clause Samples

Additional Rules of Interpretation. (i) The words “include,” “includes” and “including” as used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation” and shall not be construed to mean that the examples given are an exclusive list of the topics covered. (ii) The headings as to contents of particular sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience and shall not be construed as part of the Agreement or as a limitation on the scope of any terms or provisions of this Agreement.

Additional Rules of Interpretation. For purposes of this Agreement: (a) unless the context requires otherwise, words in one gender include all genders and words in the singular include the plural and vice versa; (b) the division of this Agreement into Articles, Sections, subsections, paragraphs, clauses, Recitals, Exhibits, Schedules and other subdivisions, the inclusion of headings and the provision of a table of contents are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement; (c) unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith, references herein to an “Article”, “Section”, “subsection”, “paragraph”, “clause”, “Recital”, “Exhibit” or “Schedule” are to the applicable article, section, subsection, paragraph, clause, recital, exhibit or schedule of this Agreement; (d) wherever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement or in any other Closing Document, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation” and the words following “include”, “includes” or “including” shall not be considered to set forth an exhaustive list; (e) the words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereto”, “hereunder”, “hereby” and similar expressions shall be construed as referring to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular Article, Section, subsection, paragraph, Recital, Exhibit, Schedule or other portion of this Agreement; (f) unless otherwise specified, all dollar amounts in this Agreement, including the symbol “$”, refer to United States currency; (g) all references herein to any agreement (including this Agreement), document or instrument mean such agreement, document or instrument as amended, supplemented, modified, varied, restated or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, unless otherwise specified therein, includes all schedules and exhibits attached thereto; (h) the term “ordinary course”, when used in relation to the conduct by the Vendor of the Purchased Business, or the conduct of business by any other Person, means any transaction which constitutes an ordinary day-to-day business activity, conducted in a commercially reasonable and businesslike manner, having no unusual or special features, and, in the case of the Purchased Business, consistent with past practice; (i) a period of days shall be deemed to begin on the first day after the event which began the period and to end at 5:00 p.m. (Calgary time) on the last day of the period; (j) if any ...

Additional Rules of Interpretation. (a) In this Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise, words in one gender include all genders and words in the singular include the plural and vice versa. (b) The division of this Agreement into sections, and other subdivisions, and the inclusion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. The headings in the Agreement are not intended to be full or precise descriptions of the text to which they refer. (c) The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereto”, “hereunder”, “hereby” and similar expressions shall be construed as referring to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular section or portion of it..3

Additional Rules of Interpretation. (a) In this Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise, words in the singular include the plural and vice versa. (b) Unless otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to any statute include the regulations thereunder and all applicable guidelines, bulletins or policies made in connection therewith and which are legally binding, in each case as amended, re-enacted, consolidated or replaced from time to time and in the case of any such amendment, re-enactment, consolidation or replacement, reference herein to a particular provision shall be read as referring to such amended, re-enacted, consolidated or replaced provision. (c) Wherever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation” and the words following “include”, “includes” or “including” shall not be considered to set forth an exhaustive list. (d) All references herein to any agreement (including this Agreement), document or instrument mean such agreement, document or instrument as amended, supplemented, modified, varied, restated or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, unless otherwise specified therein, includes all schedules and exhibits attached thereto.

Additional Rules of Interpretation. In case of contradiction between the Terms and Conditions (Part 2, 3, 4 or 5) and the General Conditions (Part 1), the Terms and Conditions shall prevail. In case of contradiction between the main body of Part 2, 3, 4 or 5 and its respective Annexes, the main body shall prevail. This Contract supersedes all previous agreements and documents exchanged between the Parties relating to the same subject matter. Furthermore, by signing this Contract, the BSP explicitly renounces to apply its own general conditions, special or otherwise, regardless of the time when they were issued or the form of their issuance. The substantiation in this Contract of a specific obligation or stipulation listed in the Grid Codes shall in no way be considered as derogating from the obligations or stipulations which, under the Grid Codes, must be applied to the relevant situation. The titles and headings in this Contract are for convenience only and do not affect their interpretation.

Additional Rules of Interpretation. (a) In this Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise, words in one gender include all genders and words in the singular include the plural and vice versa. (b) The division of this Agreement into Articles, Sections, Schedules and other subdivisions, the inclusion of headings and the provision of a table of contents are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. The headings in the Agreement are not intended to be full or precise descriptions of the text to which they refer. (c) Unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith, references herein to an Article, Section, paragraph, clause or Schedule are to the applicable article, section, subsection, paragraph, clause or schedule of this Agreement. (d) Wherever the words "include", "includes" or "including" are used in this Agreement or in any Closing Document, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words "without limitation" and the words following "include", "includes" or "including" shall not be considered to set forth an exhaustive list.

Additional Rules of Interpretation. 1.13.1 In this Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise, words in one gender include all genders and words in the singular include the plural and vice versa. 1.13.2 The division of this Agreement into Articles, Sections, Sections, Schedules and other subdivisions, the inclusion of headings and the provision of a table of contents are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. The headings in this Agreement are not intended to be full or precise descriptions of the text to which they refer. 1.13.3 Unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith, references herein to an Article, Section, Section, paragraph, clause, Schedule or Exhibit are to the applicable article, section, Section, paragraph, clause, Schedule or Exhibit of this Agreement. 1.13.4 Wherever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement or in any Closing Document, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation” and the words following “include”, “includes” or “including” shall not be considered to set forth an exhaustive list. 1.13.5 The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereto”, “hereunder”, “hereby” and similar expressions shall be construed as referring to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular Section or portion of it.

Additional Rules of Interpretation. (1) Gender and Number. In this Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise, words in one gender include all genders and words in the singular include the plural and vice versa.

Additional Rules of Interpretation. The inclusion in this Agreement of headings of sections are for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be full or precise descriptions of the text to which they refer. Wherever the words "include", "includes" or "including" are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words "without limitation" and the words following "include", "includes" or "including" shall not be considered to set forth an exhaustive list. The words "hereof", "herein", "hereto", "hereunder", "hereby" and similar expressions shall be construed as referring to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular section or portion of it. All references herein to any agreement (including this Agreement), document or instrument mean such agreement, document or instrument as amended, supplemented, modified, varied, restated or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, unless otherwise specified therein, includes all schedules and exhibits attached thereto. The word "will" will be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word "shall". The words "shall," "will," or "agree(s)" are mandatory, and "may" is permissive. The Parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.