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Many legal documents use "may" to say you must. That's why i hate legalese...
by Muhammad523 7mo ago
Many legal documents use "may" to say you must. That's why i hate legalese...
- pixl97 7mo agoHmm, that's annoying, I'd take may as "CAN"
- zdragnar 7mo ago"may only" and "may not", however, are unambiguously hard limits, which makes things even more confusing.
- Throaway8797 7mo ago"may only" means your pleasure is limited only to what options the agreement allows, which is a polite way of saying can not.
- dolebirchwood 7mo agoI don't know what terrible lawyers were hired to draft these "many" documents, but please share some examples.
- LoganDark 7mo agoLegal documents use "may" to allow for something. Usually it only needs to be allowed so that it can happen. So I read terms of service and privacy policies like all "may" is "will". "Your data may (will) be shared with (sold to) one or more of (all of) our data processing partners. You may (will) be asked (demanded) to provide identity verification, which may (will) include (but is not limited to) [everything on your passport]." And so on.