To offer a real life example, in Hurst v. W.J. Lake & Co., the court ruled that 49.5% was not "less than 50%" because of "the peculiar meaning attached to the w

To offer a real life example, in Hurst v. W.J. Lake & Co., the court ruled that 49.5% was not "less than 50%" because of "the peculiar meaning attached to the words" by the trade in question. tldr casebrief: https://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/contracts/outline-contracts-law/interpreting-contracts/case-overviews-13/49/ https://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/contracts/outline-contra... More details & quotes: https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/collages/2981 https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/collages/2981