Comment on the following statements: Things that should be avoided while drafting a document.
CS Professional · Drafting, Appearances and Pleadings · PYQS · December 2017
Comment on the following statements: Things that should be avoided while drafting a document.
Answer & Explanation:
The following things should be avoided while drafting the documents: Avoid the usage of words of same sound. For example, the words 'Employer' and 'Employee'; When the clause in the document is numbered it is convenient to refer to any one clause by using single number for it. For example, 'in clause 2 above' and so on. Negative in successive phrases would be very carefully employed. Draftsman should avoid the use of words 'less than' or 'more than', instead, he must use 'not exceeding'. If the draftsman has provided for each of the two positions to happen without each other and also happen without, 'either' will not be sufficient; he should write 'either or both' or express the meaning of the two in other clauses. While writing and typing, the following mistakes generally occur which should be avoided: 'And' and 'or'; 'Any' and 'my'; 'Know' and 'now'; 'Appointed' and 'Applied'; 'Present' and 'Past' tense.
Topics: Legal Drafting Principles
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