Contract

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“I meant what I said, and I said what I meant.

An Elephant’s faithful

One-hundred percent!”

-- Dr. Suess - Horton Hatches the Egg

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.

See also

• Agency
• Tort
• Restitution
• Breach of contract
• Concurrent liability
• Dr. Suess
• For the avoidance of doubt
• Plain English