kaal:claim:5886342-010

When an encoded legal status or act is disputed, the code is read against the party who selected the programme or determined the manner of coding, because the other party had no influence over it; the Codex names this in dubio contra programmatorem.

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interpreted in favour of the Party who has had no in-

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Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Stephan D. Meyer, Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC) (2025), Part A, Book V, Article 16 Interpretation of Codes, p. 8
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Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Stephan D. Meyer, Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC) (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5886342

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disputes over the interpretation of encoded legal statuses and acts

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designsupport: arguedfailure: coder controlled ambiguityfamily: information-asymmetrydefiopen-source-and-coderisk-and-incentivessmart-contracts

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