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{{box|“In conveyancing. The corresponding part of an instrument; a duplicate or copy. Where an instrument of conveyance, as a lease, is executed in parts, that is, by having several copies or duplicates made and interchangeably executed, that which is executed by the grantor is usually called the "original," and the rest are "counterparts;" although, where all the parties execute every part, this renders them all originals.”}} | {{box|“In conveyancing. The corresponding part of an instrument; a duplicate or copy. Where an instrument of conveyance, as a lease, is executed in parts, that is, by having several copies or duplicates made and interchangeably executed, that which is executed by the grantor is usually called the "original," and the rest are "counterparts;" although, where all the parties execute every part, this renders them all originals.”}} | ||
There are some situations where it is important that more than one copy of a document is | There are some situations where it is important that more than one copy of a document is recognised as an “original” - for [[tax]] purposes, for example, or the agreement needs to be formally registered with a land registry or some such thing. But these cases are few and far between — non-existent, indeed, when the field you are ploughing overflows with flowering {{isdama}}s — and the rest of the time a [[counterpart]]s clause (like the one in the {{isdama}}) is pure flannel, and {{f|flannel}} which may lead [[Mediocre lawyer|cautious counsel]] to insist on one wherever she can’t see one, on pain of demanding every person gets around the same table and indelibly marks the same parchment with a feather quill. | ||
THIS IS NONSENSE. | THIS IS NONSENSE. | ||