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[[File:Freddie Mercury Conspicuous.png|450px|frameless|center]] | [[File:Freddie Mercury Conspicuous.png|450px|frameless|center]] | ||
}}A brief unqualified note to shed light on WHY AMERICANS LIKE TO SPRAY THEIR LEGAL DOCUMENTS WITH LARGE SWATHES OF TEXT IN CAPITALS. IT ISN’T BECAUSE AMERICANS LIKE TO SHOUT ALL THE TIME — THOUGH YOUR CORRESPONDENT’S UNSCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS ON THIS TOPIC TEND TO SUGGEST THAT THEY DO LIKE TO SHOUT ALL THE TIME, BUT BECAUSE, SO AMERICAN LAWYERS HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED TO THINK, THE [[UCC|UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE]] REQUIRES EVERYTHING TO BE IN CAPITALS FOR THOSE TERMS THAT THE CODE REQUIRES TO BE “[[CONSPICUOUS]]” ENOUGH THAT A REASONABLE BADGER AGAINST WHICH THE TERMS IN QUESTION ARE EXPECTED TO OPERATE OUGHT TO HAVE NOTICED THEM. | }}A brief unqualified note to shed light on WHY AMERICANS LIKE TO SPRAY THEIR LEGAL DOCUMENTS WITH LARGE SWATHES OF TEXT IN CAPITALS. IT ISN’T BECAUSE AMERICANS LIKE TO SHOUT ALL THE TIME — THOUGH YOUR CORRESPONDENT’S UNSCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS ON THIS TOPIC TEND TO SUGGEST THAT THEY ''DO'' LIKE TO SHOUT ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY AT [[New Hampshire|RESIDENTS OF NEW HAMSHIRE]], BUT BECAUSE, SO AMERICAN LAWYERS HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED TO THINK, THE [[UCC|UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE]] REQUIRES EVERYTHING TO BE IN CAPITALS FOR THOSE TERMS THAT THE CODE REQUIRES TO BE “[[CONSPICUOUS]]” ENOUGH THAT A REASONABLE BADGER AGAINST WHICH THE TERMS IN QUESTION ARE EXPECTED TO OPERATE OUGHT TO HAVE NOTICED THEM. | ||
But “[[conspicuous]]” ''doesn’t'' mean block capitals. | But “[[conspicuous]]” ''doesn’t'' mean block capitals. | ||
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*''[[In Re Bassett - Case Note|In Re Bassett]]'' | *''[[In Re Bassett - Case Note|In Re Bassett]]'' | ||
*The eminently shoutable-at, and oft-shouted at, people of [[New Hampshire]] | |||
*[[Purpose]] | *[[Purpose]] | ||
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