EXPRESSION. The term or use of language employed to explain a thing.
2. It is a general rule, that expressions shall be construed, when they
are capable of several significations, so as to give operation to the
agreement, act, or will, if it can be done; and an expression is always to
be understood in the sense most agreeable to the nature of the contract.
Vide Clause; Construction; Equivocal; Interpretation; Words.