The word 'or' in a contractual definition may be construed as 'and' where the disjunctive reading would produce an uncommercial result or invalidate the contract. Whether a contract complies with a statutory requirement is assessed after the court has ascertained the contract's meaning through construction; difficulty in arriving at the construction is irrelevant to the question of statutory compliance.
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