UJI 13-825. Ambiguity in term or terms; general rule of interpretation.

There is a dispute as to the meaning of the following term[s] in the contract: (Fill in term or terms). You shall give the term[s] that meaning which you find to be most reasonable, taking into consideration all the circumstances, including the following: [the intentions of the parties]; [the words that the parties used]; [the purposes the parties sought to achieve]; [custom in the trade]; [the parties’ course of dealing]; [the parties’ course of performance]; [whether a party, at the time the contract was entered into, knew or should have known that the other party interpreted the term[s] differently].