Construction of Development Agreement. In construing this Development Agreement, the following principles shall be followed: (a) no consideration shall be given to the captions of the articles, sections, subsections or clauses, which are inserted for convenience in locating the provisions of this Development Agreement and not as an aid in its construction; (b) no consideration shall be given to the fact or presumption that one Party had a greater or lesser hand in drafting this Development Agreement; (c) the word “includes” and its syntactical variants mean “includes, but is not limited to” and corresponding syntactical variant expressions; (d) a defined term has its defined meaning throughout this Development Agreement, regardless of whether it appears before or after the place in this Development Agreement where it is defined; (e) unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary, references to any Party shall be construed to include all permitted successors and assigns of such Party and references to Trustee shall be construed to include all successor and substitute trustees under the Trust Agreement; (f) the plural shall be deemed to include the singular, and vice versa; and (g) each exhibit, attachment and schedule to this Development Agreement is a part of this Development Agreement, but if there is any conflict or inconsistency between the main body of this Development Agreement and any exhibit, attachment or schedule, the provisions of the main body of this Development Agreement shall prevail.
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Samples: Development Agreement, Development Agreement (Sandridge Energy Inc), Development Agreement (SandRidge Permian Trust)
Construction of Development Agreement. In construing this Development Agreement, the following principles shall be followed:
(a) no consideration shall be given to the captions of the articles, sections, subsections subsections, or clauses, which are inserted for convenience in locating the provisions of this Development Agreement and not as an aid in its construction;
(b) no consideration shall be given to the fact or presumption that one Party had a greater or lesser hand in drafting this Development Agreement;
(c) the word “"includes” " and its syntactical variants mean “"includes, but is not limited to” " and corresponding syntactical variant expressions;
(d) a defined term has its defined meaning throughout this Development Agreement, regardless of whether it appears before or after the place in this Development Agreement where it is defined;
(e) unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary, references to any Party shall be construed to include all permitted successors and assigns of such Party and references to Trustee shall be construed to include all successor and substitute trustees under the Trust Agreement;
(f) the plural shall be deemed to include the singular, and vice versa; and
(gf) each exhibit, attachment attachment, and schedule to this Development Agreement is a part of this Development Agreement, but if there is any conflict or inconsistency between the main body of this Development Agreement and any exhibit, attachment attachment, or schedule, the provisions of the main body of this Development Agreement shall prevail.
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Samples: Development Agreement (Appalachian Gas Royalty Trust), Development Agreement (Energy Corp of America), Development Agreement (Energy Corp of America)
Construction of Development Agreement. In construing this Development Agreement, the following principles shall be followed:
(a) no consideration shall be given to the captions of the articles, sections, subsections or clauses, which are inserted for convenience in locating the provisions of this Development Agreement and not as an aid in its construction;
(b) no consideration shall be given to the fact or presumption that one Party had a greater or lesser hand in drafting this Development Agreement;
(c) the word “includes” and its syntactical variants mean “includes, but is not limited to” and corresponding syntactical variant expressions;
(d) a defined term has its defined meaning throughout this Development Agreement, regardless of whether it appears before or after the place in this Development Agreement where it is defined;
(e) unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary, references to any Party shall be construed to include all permitted successors and assigns of such Party and references to the Trustee shall be construed to include all successor and substitute trustees under the Trust Agreement;
(f) the plural shall be deemed to include the singular, and vice versa; and
(g) each exhibit, attachment and schedule to this Development Agreement is a part of this Development Agreement, but if there is any conflict or inconsistency between the main body of this Development Agreement and any exhibit, attachment or schedule, the provisions of the main body of this Development Agreement shall prevail.
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Samples: Development Agreement (SandRidge Mississippian Trust II), Development Agreement (Sandridge Energy Inc), Development Agreement (SandRidge Mississippian Trust II)
Construction of Development Agreement. In construing this Development Agreement, the following principles shall be followed:
(a) no consideration shall be given to the captions of the articles, sections, subsections subsections, or clauses, which are inserted for convenience in locating the provisions of this Development Agreement and not as an aid in its construction;
(b) no consideration shall be given to the fact or presumption that one Party had a greater or lesser hand in drafting this Development Agreement;
(c) the word “includes” and its syntactical variants mean “includes, but is not limited to” and corresponding syntactical variant expressions;
(d) a defined term has its defined meaning throughout this Development Agreement, regardless of whether it appears before or after the place in this Development Agreement where it is defined;
(e) unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary, references to any Party shall be construed to include all permitted successors and assigns of such Party and references to Trustee shall be construed to include all successor and substitute trustees under the Trust Agreement;
(f) the plural shall be deemed to include the singular, and vice versa; and
(gf) each exhibit, attachment attachment, and schedule to this Development Agreement is a part of this Development Agreement, but if there is any conflict or inconsistency between the main body of this Development Agreement and any exhibit, attachment attachment, or schedule, the provisions of the main body of this Development Agreement shall prevail.
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Samples: Development Agreement (ECA Marcellus Trust I), Development Agreement (ECA Marcellus Trust I)
Construction of Development Agreement. In construing this Development Agreement, the following principles shall be followed:
(a) no consideration shall be given to the captions of the articles, sections, subsections or clauses, which are inserted for convenience in locating the provisions of this Development Agreement and not as an aid in its construction;
(b) no consideration shall be given to the fact or presumption that one Party had a greater or lesser hand in drafting this Development Agreement;
(c) the word “includes” and its syntactical variants mean “includes, but is not limited to” and corresponding syntactical variant expressions;
(d) a defined term has its defined meaning throughout this Development Agreement, regardless of whether it appears before or after the place in this Development Agreement where it is defined;
(e) unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary, references to any Party shall be construed to include all permitted successors and assigns of such Party and references to Trustee shall be construed to include all successor and substitute trustees under the Trust Agreement;.
(f) the plural shall be deemed to include the singular, and vice versa; and
(g) each exhibit, attachment and schedule to this Development Agreement is a part of this Development Agreement, but if there is any conflict or inconsistency between the main body of this Development Agreement and any exhibit, attachment or schedule, the provisions of the main body of this Development Agreement shall prevail.
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Samples: Development Agreement (SandRidge Mississippian Trust I)