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| These guidelines apply as much to contract drafting as to legislative drafting. They limit the use of definitions to cases of clear ambiguity or altering the common meaning of a word or phrase such that it bears a meaning specific to the contract. | These guidelines apply as much to contract drafting as to legislative drafting. They limit the use of definitions to cases of clear ambiguity or altering the common meaning of a word or phrase such that it bears a meaning specific to the contract. | ||
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| + | Definitions do not create substantive rules. | ||
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| + | Definitions cannot cross-reference the use of a term or a definition in a section. If a section requires a specific definition that will not apply to the entire agreement, that definition should appear in the section. | ||
| Definitions are located in either a general or specific definitions section. | Definitions are located in either a general or specific definitions section. | ||
