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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: | 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 {{ | {{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 {{plainlink|https://www.andrewpeglermedia.com.au|Andrew Pegler Media}} for this example, which we fully admit to exaggerating.</ref>}} | ||
There is a vigorous debate presently going on in the halls of eaglery as to whether these definitions add anything at all: do they, at their limit, convey some sort of [[asymptotic safety]] by silently constraining buried [[Metaphor|metaphorical]] dimensions to otherwise unfettered characters? There are those who say they do — that this effect, however subliminal is there: this is, in effect, a surprising instance of a [[Biggs Hoson]] — and those that say they cannot: delimiting a textual artefact to ''exactly itself'' cannot convey even that minimal particle of legal meaning that the great [[J. M. F. Biggs]] once so famously discovered. | There is a vigorous debate presently going on in the halls of eaglery as to whether these definitions add anything at all: do they, at their limit, convey some sort of [[asymptotic safety]] by silently constraining buried [[Metaphor|metaphorical]] dimensions to otherwise unfettered characters? There are those who say they do — that this effect, however subliminal is there: this is, in effect, a surprising instance of a [[Biggs Hoson]] — and those that say they cannot: delimiting a textual artefact to ''exactly itself'' cannot convey even that minimal particle of legal meaning that the great [[J. M. F. Biggs]] once so famously discovered. | ||
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