LINGUIST List 17.1863

Fri Jun 23 2006

FYI: Legalese - Verb Usage in Contract Language

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Directory         1.    Alan Kaye, Legalese - Verb Usage in Contract Language

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Message 1: Legalese - Verb Usage in Contract Language
Date: 19-Jun-2006
From: Alan Kaye <akayefullerton.edu>
Subject: Legalese - Verb Usage in Contract Language


Ken Adams, adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law Schooland a widely published author on contract drafting, has posted on his blog,at www.adamsdrafting.com, an entry regarding a question he's long hadregarding appropriate verb use in one category of contract language. If youhave any views on the question he asks in his blog entry, I encourage you topost a comment.

Linguistic Field(s): Forensic Linguistics