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The Jolly Contrarian’s Glossary
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Some principles which should help you make a good bargain.

Magic words are a really bad risk mitigant. Template:Truism.
The foundation of any contract is trust. If you don’t trust your counterparty, don’t make a contract with it.
The moment you say for the avoidance of doubt, you acknowledged you don’t trust someone or something. Best case, it’s only your own faculty with the English language.

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 *{{tag|Magic words}} are a really bad risk mitigant. {{truism|Don’t take a piece of paper to a knife fight}}.
 *The foundation of any contract is ''trust''. If you don’t trust your counterparty, ''don’t make a contract with it''.
-*The moment you have to say [[for the avoidance of doubt]], you have acknowledged you don’t trust someone or something. Best case, it’s only your own faculty with the English language.
+*The moment you say [[for the avoidance of doubt]], you  acknowledged you don’t trust someone or something. Best case, it’s only your own faculty with the English language.
+===The contract, the document, and the [[parol evidence]] rule===
-===See also===
+{{contract versus document}}
+{{sa}}
 *[[Agency]]
 *[[Tort]]
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 *[[:Category:Plain English|Plain English]]
 {{c|Egg}}
+{{ref}}