In each of the following problems, identify any ambiguous language in elements i

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In each of the following problems, identify any ambiguous language in elements in contention. Give broad and narrow definitions of this language, and state which side would argue which definition.
   

Facts: Alice Anderson is nine months pregnant. A police officer gives her a ticket for driving in a carpool lane violation of § 101. The officer said he gave her the ticket because she was alone in the car at the time.

Regulation: § 101. Carpool lanes can be used only by cars and only when there is at least one passenger with the driver

Explanation / Answer

Ambiguous element: nine months pregnant

The ambiguous element that Alice Anderson would argue is that she was nine months pregnant, so as per statute §101, she was not alone, as she was carrying a nine-month unborn baby in her womb.

Police officer would argue that the definition of pregnancy does not consider the unborn baby as another person.

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