in recognition of the difficulty of ascribing meaning and conte ich came about as the result of significant negotiations, included a broad release “from any and all claims known or unknown, at law or in equity, and of any kind or nature whatsoever, that Branch has or may have____” This clear and unambiguous language, drafted by experienced commercial real estate investors and their attorneys, contains no exclusions or reservations whatsoever. {35} Moreover, as the district court found based on the undisputed facts, the context within which the Settlement Agreement was reached is further evidence that Branch intended to release Chamisa from claims for fraud. Concerned Residents of Sante Fe North, Inc. v. Santa Fe Estates, Inc., 2008-NMCA-042, ¶ 51, 143 N.M. 811, 182 P.3d 794 (<HOLDING>). This Court may look “outside the simple terms
holding that the court of appeals must consider and weigh all of the evidence and may only set aside the finding if the evidence is so weak or if the finding is so against the great weight and preponderance of the evidence that it is clearly wrong and unjust holding that to determine whether a statement was voluntary the court must consider the totality of all the surrounding circumstances  both the characteristics of the accused and the details of the interrogation and decide  whether a defendants will was overborne by the circumstances surrounding the giving of a confession holding that trial court may consider circumstances surrounding making of agreement in determining whether agreement is ambiguous and noting that ambiguity exists when language of agreement in and of itself supports reasonable interpretation distinct from reasonable interpretation reached when language is read in light of surrounding circumstances holding that the court may consider collateral evidence of the circumstances surrounding the execution of the agreement in determining whether the language of the agreement is unclear and if the evidence presented is so plain that no reasonable person could hold any way but one then the court may interpret the meaning as a matter of law holding that where the language of the contract is unambiguous and conveys a definite meaning the court may decide the meaning of the contract as a matter of law