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To: Constitution Day

Lawyers for one thing are very particular about commas. A comma used or not used can very significantly change the interpretation of a contract for one example.


44 posted on 07/22/2011 11:19:50 AM PDT by Hootowl99
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To: Hootowl99
Lawyers for one thing are very particular about commas. A comma used or not used can very significantly change the interpretation of a contract for one example.

I remember reading about a court case where money was left for 3 people by a deceased relative. It was to be split evenly between Tom, Dick and Harry. The judges interpretation was that Tom was to receive 50%, Dick and Harry were to split the other 50% as they were judged to be "together" and not separate like Tom.

Interesting stuff!
53 posted on 07/22/2011 11:41:49 AM PDT by copaliscrossing (Progressives are Socialists)
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Duly noted. However, the link goes to the video of a song called “Oxford Comma”...(grin)


54 posted on 07/22/2011 11:46:18 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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