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A well crafted [[incluso]] will drag into contemplation items which no ordinary reading of the general principle could possibly have anticipated.
A well crafted [[incluso]] will drag into contemplation items which no ordinary reading of the general principle could possibly have anticipated.


The sign of a true legal master is the [[provuso|prov''u''so]], which is an amalgam of a [[proviso]] and an [[incluso]].
The sign of a true legal master is the [[provuso|prov''u''so]], which is an amalgam of a [[proviso]] and an [[incluso]], a device by which one states a general principle, then caveats it so comprehensively that the end result bears no correlation at all with the originally intended. This is a way of weaseling ''into'' a ''whole new obligation'' that neither party possibly could have had in mind when discussing the original trade.


This states a general principle, then caveats it so comprehensively that the final provision means the opposite of the notional proposition.
If you were a weasel playing ''[[Defender]]'', this would be like hitting the [[hyperspace]] button.


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