> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 23:48:26 -0000
> From: "Jane Williams" <janewilliams20_at_...>
>Subject: RE: Re: Gloranthan Fiction
>
>Now what we need is something like the "plain English" campaign we've
>taken for granted for years over here, so that legal documents make
>sense in the first place.
>
>
Unfortunately, 'plain English' in a legal sense would lead to even more trouble as 'plain English' is/can be ambiguous as to meaning and intent. A legal document with a plain English translation helps those of us without a legal background understand the intent and meaning of the legal document...
However, even a legal document is open to misunderstanding - vide my great-grandfather's will. His solicitor fumbled his draft will roll and one section of the will was declared intestate as not even the lawyers could understand what was meant by it!
TTFN Maddy
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