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| “[[May]]” confers an ''[[option]]'', not an ''[[obligation]]''. There is one time that you should use this expression in a contract: when you are conferring on a party a right that party ''would not otherwise have''. “Party A ''may'' cross Party B’s private land to access the roadway” is a good use of the word “may”. “Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing ''[which is about something else altogether]'', and [[for the avoidance of doubt]], Party B ''may'' telephone his elderly aunt at any time without limitation” is ''not'' a good use of “may”, or the trees on which such a pointless sentence may, [[for the time being]] and [[from time to time]], be printed.
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| *[[Shall be entitled to]] | | *[[Shall be entitled to]] |