Equivocal
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Having a double sense
In the construction of contracts, it is a general rule that, when an expression may be taken in two senses, that shall be preferred which gives it effect.
See "Construction;" "Interpretation;" Dig. 22. 1. 4. 45. 1; Id. 80. 50. 17. 67.
EQUULEUS (Lat.) A kind of rack for extorting confessions. Enc. Lond.