A contract shall be interpreted according to the common intention of the parties.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 1412
Intention of the Parties · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
If such an intention cannot be established, the contract shall be interpreted according to the meaning that reasonable persons of the same kind as the parties would give to it in the same circumstances.
The Court may not make a contract for the parties under the guise of interpretation.