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Black’s Law dictionary has the following to say on [[counterparts]]:
Black’s Law dictionary has the following to say on [[counterparts]]:
:''“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.”
:''“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.”


Sometimes it is important that more than one copy of a document is recognised as an “original” — for [[tax]] purposes, for example, or where “the agreement” must be formally lodged with a land registry. But these cases, involving the conveyance of real estate, are rare  — non-existent, indeed, when the field you are ploughing overflows with flowering {{isdama}}s, [[confidentiality agreement]]s and so on. Away from the gripping world of land law, a [[counterparts]] clause is as useful as a chocolate tea-pot.  
Sometimes it is important that more than one copy of a document is recognised as an “original” — for [[tax]] purposes, for example, or where “the agreement” must be formally lodged with a land registry. But these cases, involving the conveyance of real estate, are rare  — non-existent, indeed, when the field you are ploughing overflows with flowering {{isdama}}s, [[confidentiality agreement]]s and so on. Away from the gripping world of land law, a [[counterparts]] clause is as useful as a chocolate tea-pot.