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100	1		_aAdams, Kenneth A. _d1961- _eauthor _92923
245	1	2	_aA manual of style for contract drafting / _cby Kenneth A. Adams.
250			_aFourth edition.
260			_aChicago, IL : _bAmerican Bar Association, Business Law Section, _cc2017.
300			_axliii, 546 p. : _c26 cm ; _bill.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aInclude Index (525-545)
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (page 515) and index.
505	0		_aThe characteristics of optimal contract language -- The front of the contract -- Categories of contract language -- Layout -- The back of the contract -- Defined terms -- Sources of uncertain meaning 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 -- Internal rules of interpretation -- Typography -- Drafting as writing -- Amendments -- Letter agreements.
650		0	_aContracts _zUnited States _xLanguage. _92924
650		0	_aContracts _zUnited States. _92143
650		0	_aLegal composition. _992
710	2		_aAmerican Bar Association. _bSection of Business Law. _92925
906			_a7 _bcbc _corigcop _d2 _encip _f20 _gy-gencatlg
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