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{{ | {{rightbox|'''Boilerplate Anatomy'''<br>{{image|Boilerplate|jpg|An [[entire agreement]] clause yesterday}}{{Anatnavigation-boilerplate}}}}{{quote| | ||
}}A work-creation scheme for our learned friends. | Since brevity is the soul of wit, <br> | ||
And boilerplate the crutch of wretched [[tedium]] <br> | |||
I will be brief, where Triago, in all his trite facility, cannot. <br> | |||
:—{{buchstein}}, {{dsh}}}}{{d|Boilerplate|/ˈbɔɪləpleɪt/|n|}} | |||
A work-creation scheme for our learned friends. | |||
{{boilerplate capsule}} | |||
===Boilerplate and the cocktail napkin=== | ===Boilerplate and the cocktail napkin=== | ||
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===Boilerplate ''within'' the boilerplate=== | ===Boilerplate ''within'' the boilerplate=== | ||
There are degrees of boilerplate. [[Legal eagles]] will get het up about [[indemnities]], [[Events of default|default events]] and [[close out]] rights, and swear blind that these ''aren’t'' just boilerplate. (They are.) To be sure, they excite animal passions — at least, amongst [[credit officer]]s and [[lawyer]]s — in a way that [[representations and warranties]], [[covenant]]s, notices, [[governing law]], [[counterparts]], [[entire agreement]], [[ | There are degrees of boilerplate. [[Legal eagles]] will get het up about [[indemnities]], [[Events of default|default events]] and [[close out]] rights, and swear blind that these ''aren’t'' just boilerplate. (They are.) To be sure, they excite animal passions — at least, amongst [[credit officer]]s and [[lawyer]]s — in a way that [[representations and warranties]], [[covenant]]s, notices, [[governing law]], [[counterparts]], [[entire agreement]], [[amendment]]s, [[process agent]] appointments, [[Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999]] exclusions and so forth really don’t. | ||
===The buried risk of boilerplate=== | ===The buried risk of boilerplate=== | ||
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You may call this a jaundiced view, but really, if boilerplate is designed only to reinforce the settled position of the common law, what really does it do other than adding heft? | You may call this a jaundiced view, but really, if boilerplate is designed only to reinforce the settled position of the common law, what really does it do other than adding heft? | ||
{{sa}} | {{sa}} | ||
*[[OneNDA]] — kind of like the little Hobbits’ journey to mount doom | |||
*{{t|Flannel}} | *{{t|Flannel}} | ||
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||