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Re:The Law Does Not Require Legalese by JonChesterfield on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @07:01AM (#34594029)
I'm sure contracts can be written in plain English instead of standard legal terminology. It'll work exactly analogously to programming a computer in plain English instead of in standard programming terminology.

An ambiguous contract is very like an ambiguous program. Nice when it goes your way, expensive to rely on.

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Re:The Law Does Not Require Legalese by kemitchell on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @05:14PM (#34603045)
Judges aren't binary computers. They're people. It's people all the way down.

On the other hand, there's no halting problem. Get on the docket, get a result. Even if the result is "No standing. Go away."

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