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> legal documents are written precisely to be as hard to misinterpret as possible legal documents reuse diction that has been ruled on and has court establishe
by dustingetz 14y ago
> legal documents are written precisely to be as hard to misinterpret as possible
legal documents reuse diction that has been ruled on and has court established precedent, which creates a bias towards diction which ended up in court in the first place.
i read that in a HN comment somewhere, sorry, no citation.
- shabble 14y agoThat's a very interesting "survival of the most litigated" sort of evolution. I wonder how much of a given document is unnecessary evolutionary baggage copy & pasted because it's part of That Standard Clause. I'd love to read more if you happen to recall the comment/story
- DannyBee 14y agoOnly partially. The real reality is legal documents reuse stuff that the partner liked.