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===The definition as [[Biggs Hoson]]=== | ===The definition as [[Biggs Hoson]]=== | ||
The final way to use definitions is as some kind of hymn to pedantry. This appeals to fans of [[Havid Dilbert]]’s programme to find a complete and consistent set of axiomatic legal propositions. [[Dilbert’s programme]] eschews the undefined use of any expression, however banal or self-evident, in any agreement, on the grounds that it opens the way to [[indeterminacy]]. Thus where we find undefined words, we define them ''exactly as they are'', [[for the avoidance of doubt|to avoid a doubt]] so minuscule it heartily crosses the threshold between completeness and paranoia: | The final way to use definitions is as some kind of hymn to pedantry. This appeals to fans of [[Havid Dilbert]]’s programme to find a complete and consistent set of axiomatic legal propositions. [[Dilbert’s programme]] eschews the undefined use of any expression, however banal or self-evident, in any agreement, on the grounds that it opens the way to [[Cardozo indeterminacy]]. Thus where we find undefined words, we define them ''exactly as they are'', [[for the avoidance of doubt|to avoid a doubt]] so minuscule it heartily crosses the threshold between completeness and paranoia: | ||
{{quote|''An insured person (the “'''insured person'''”) may cancel (“'''cancel'''”) a policy (the “'''policy'''”) by providing us as insurer (“'''us'''” or the “'''insurer'''”) a written notice (the “'''written notice'''”) of the cancellation (the “'''cancellation'''”)''.<ref>We were inspired by the ever-resourceful, ever-patient {{plainlinks| | {{quote|''An insured person (the “'''insured person'''”) may cancel (“'''cancel'''”) a policy (the “'''policy'''”) by providing us as insurer (“'''us'''” or the “'''insurer'''”) a written notice (the “'''written notice'''”) of the cancellation (the “'''cancellation'''”)''.<ref>We were inspired by the ever-resourceful, ever-patient {{plainlinks| | ||