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{{box|Party A shall not be liable for any losses, howsoever caused, unless they arise directly from its own {{tag|negligence}}, {{tag|fraud}} or {{tag|wilful default}}.}}
{{box|Party A shall not be liable for any losses, howsoever caused, unless they arise directly from its own {{tag|negligence}}, {{tag|fraud}} or {{tag|wilful default}}.}}


What should one make of this? At a glance it seems perfectly reasonable. To be sure, it is time-honoured boilerplate, thrown into contracts to close them out like chump change tossed into the bill plate at the end of an agreeable meal. But it doesn't make a lot of sense. Let's do the easy ones first.
What should one make of this? At a glance it seems perfectly reasonable. To be sure, it is time-honoured boilerplate, thrown into contracts to close them out like chump change tossed into the bill platter at the end of an agreeable meal with passable company of whom one has now had enough.  
 
But does it make sense to fritter away a contractual claim this way?
 
Let's do the easy ones first.


==={{tag|Fraud}}===
==={{tag|Fraud}}===