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Lawyers have a tendency to leave some paragraphs out of numbering schema. If a clause only has one subparagraph, or, if you have split into choices, where the paragraph rejoins there seems to be no option but to leave it without a number. | Lawyers have a tendency to leave some paragraphs out of numbering schema. If a clause only has one subparagraph, or, if you have split into choices, where the paragraph rejoins there seems to be no option but to leave it without a number. | ||
===Consistent numbering=== | ===Consistent numbering=== | ||
It should hardly need being said, but settle on a numbering schema and stick with it. | It should hardly need being said, but settle on a numbering schema and stick with it. | ||
===“Nested” statements=== | ===“Nested” statements=== | ||
Legal drafting is a form is code. It should have a nested structure, as does computer code. Numbering levels— each indented to be nested inside the level above — instantly reveal the of the agreement’s exoskeleton. | Legal drafting is a form is code. It should have a nested structure, as does computer code. Numbering levels— each indented to be nested inside the level above — instantly reveal the of the agreement’s exoskeleton. | ||