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BL
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| Record Number
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646527
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Adams, Kenneth A.,1961-
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| Title & Author
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A manual of style for contract drafting /\ Kenneth A. Adams
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| Edition Statement
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Third edition
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| Page. NO
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xxxiv, 477 pages ;; 26 cm
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| ISBN
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9781614388036 (spiral bound)
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: 1614388032 (spiral bound)
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Includes bibliographical references (page 457) and index
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| Contents
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The characteristics of optimal contract language -- The front of the contract -- Categories of contract language -- Layout -- The back of the contract -- Defined terms -- Sources of uncertainty in contract language -- "Reasonable efforts" and its variants -- "Material" and "material adverse change" -- References to time -- Ambiguity of the part versus the whole -- Syntactic ambiguity -- Selected usages -- Numbers and formulas -- Provisions specifying drafting conventions -- Typography -- Drafting as writing -- Amendments -- Letter agreements -- Drafting corporate resolutions
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| Subject
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Contracts-- United States-- Language
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Contracts-- United States
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Legal composition
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| Dewey Classification
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808.06/634
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| LC Classification
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KF807.A33 2013
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KF807.A33 2013
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| Added Entry
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American Bar Association., Section of Business Law
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