Interpretation is always to be made so that what is absurd and inconvenient may be avoided.

Explanation

An interpretation that produces an absurd, unjust, or impracticable result is presumed wrong and must yield to a reading that makes the instrument workable and reasonable.

Where this applies

• The other side's interpretation would produce an absurd result that nobody intended.
• Reading the contract their way would make it completely unworkable.
• The law should avoid an interpretation that leads to ridiculous or impossible outcomes.

See also

• 10.1.1 Liberal constructions of written instruments are to be made, on account of the simplicity of the common people, so that the thing may have effect rather than perish; and words should serve the intention, not the intention the words.
• 10.3.3 In ambiguous cases, that which is least inconvenient is always to be done.