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{{a| | {{a|drafting|{{image|Maximum extent permissible by law|png}}Unknown before 1978, this ghastly phrase has flourished in the intervening years. Source: Google]]}}It won’t be long in the life of a young [[Mediocre lawyer|lawyer]] before {{sex|she}} comes across this delightfully {{f|flannel}}led [[subordinate clause]]: | ||
It won’t be long in the life of a young [[Mediocre lawyer|lawyer]] before {{sex|she}} comes across this delightfully {{f|flannel}}led [[subordinate clause]]: | |||
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''none of the Issuer, Arranger or Programme Counterparties, [[to the maximum extent permissible by law]], accepts any liability for the contents of this prospectus...''}} | |||
{{sex|She}} might pause briefly, on that first fumbling encounter, and wonder what legal mischief this [[incantation]] is [[calculated]] to ward off. Does the law assume that any contractual provision is [[deemed]], unless you say to the contrary, to be half-hearted in its intent — a choked nine-iron back onto the fairway from behind a tree, and not a full-throated drive at the green? | {{sex|She}} might pause briefly, on that first fumbling encounter, and wonder what legal mischief this [[incantation]] is [[calculated]] to ward off. Does the law assume that any contractual provision is [[deemed]], unless you say to the contrary, to be half-hearted in its intent — a choked nine-iron back onto the fairway from behind a tree, and not a full-throated drive at the green? | ||
God only knows, is this commentator’s remark. But a bit of research suggests that this gem found its way into the forensic world some time in the late 1970s. And as | God only knows, is this commentator’s remark. God probably doesn’t know either. But a bit of research suggests that this gem found its way into the forensic world some time in the late 1970s. And as you’ll see to the right<ref>Original file [https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=maximum+extent+permissible+by+law&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cmaximum%20extent%20permissible%20by%20law%3B%2Cc0#t1%3B%2Cmaximum%20extent%20permissible%20by%20law%3B%2Cc1 here]</ref>, it has flourished since its introduction. | ||
The lilly-liveredness of this statement makes you shudder. | |||
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