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A kind of [[profound ontological uncertainty]] which leads to proliferating [[incluso]]s and [[for the avoidance of doubt]]s, is the [[Mediocre lawyer|lawyer]]’s reluctance to grasp a simple proposition: ''You don’t have say what you have '''not''' agreed to do in a [[contract]]''. You don’t have to do ''anything'' you haven’t agreed to do.
A deep [[profound ontological uncertainty|self-doubt]] which begets [[incluso]]s and [[for the avoidance of doubt]]s, is the [[Mediocre lawyer|lawyer]]’s reluctance to grasp a simple proposition: ''You don’t have say what you have '''not''' agreed to do in a [[contract]]''. You don’t have to do ''anything'' you haven’t agreed to do.


Your starting point, therefore, should be that you should not say what you are not going to do. The trick comes with trying to peg back a vague, general commitment, by using specific restrictions ([[for the avoidance of doubt]]. Of course, the literary-minded might prefer to draft clearly and precisely in the first place.
Your starting point, therefore, should be that you should not say what you are not going to do. The trick comes with trying to peg back a vague, general commitment, by using specific restrictions ([[for the avoidance of doubt]]. Of course, the literary-minded might prefer to draft clearly and precisely in the first place.

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