§ 1866.Interpretation Favoring Natural Right Adopted When Statute Equally Susceptible of Two Interpretations

This closing canon of Title 1 breaks a genuine tie in favor of fairness. When a statute or instrument can plausibly be read two ways, one consistent with natural right and one against it, and neither reading is otherwise more supportable than the other, the court adopts the reading that favors natural right.

The rule only comes into play once the other interpretive tools in this Title, legislative or party intent, the circumstances of drafting, the ordinary meaning of the words, have left the text equally open to either reading. It is a canon of last resort for true ties, not a license to override language that already points clearly in one direction.