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A tedious articulation of a pointless contrivance: the “[[without limitation]]” clause. | A tedious articulation of a pointless contrivance: the “[[without limitation]]” clause. | ||
See, you don’t need to say “[[without limiting the generality of the foregoing]]”, because you can just say “[[without limitation]]”, and you | See, you don’t need to say “[[without limiting the generality of the foregoing]]...”, because you can just say “[[without limitation]]”, and you don’t need to say “[[without limitation]]...” ''because it carries no semantic content whatsoever''. Unless you have described a limitation one will not be [[Implied term|implied]], either as a matter of basic linguistic construction or, for that matter, [[common law]]. If you ''have'' described a limitation, then what the hell are you doing writing “[[without limitation]]”? | ||
Why are the [[Mediocre lawyer|best-paid professional writers in the world]] such ham-hocked users of their own language? | Why are the [[Mediocre lawyer|best-paid professional writers in the world]] such ham-hocked users of their own language? | ||
{{seealso}} | {{seealso}} | ||
*[[Implied term]] | |||
*[[without limitation]] | *[[without limitation]] | ||
*[[I never said it was]] | *[[I never said it was]] | ||
{{plainenglish}} | {{plainenglish}} |