ICYMI:
Ken Adams on Defining 'Magic Words' and Related Terminology.
Mr. Adams begins,
I’ve found myself using increasingly often on this blog the phrase “magic words,” so I thought it high time that I explain, to myself and anyone else interested, what I mean by that phrase.
It’s in widespread use in legal circles—a search of Westlaw’s “tp-all” database retrieved over 3,500 items that refer to “magic words.” But generally it’s used to convey a meaning rather different from the one I intend. In the following definition, which I just cobbled together (and will be tinkering with), the first meaning is the general meaning, and the second meaning is my own.
I’ve found myself using increasingly often on this blog the phrase “magic words,” so I thought it high time that I explain, to myself and anyone else interested, what I mean by that phrase.
It’s in widespread use in legal circles—a search of Westlaw’s “tp-all” database retrieved over 3,500 items that refer to “magic words.” But generally it’s used to convey a meaning rather different from the one I intend. In the following definition, which I just cobbled together (and will be tinkering with), the first meaning is the general meaning, and the second meaning is my own.
I’ve found myself using increasingly often on this blog the phrase “magic words,” so I thought it high time that I explain, to myself and anyone else interested, what I mean by that phrase.
It’s in widespread use in legal circles—a search of Westlaw’s “tp-all” database retrieved over 3,500 items that refer to “magic words.” But generally it’s used to convey a meaning rather different from the one I intend. In the following definition, which I just cobbled together (and will be tinkering with), the first meaning is the general meaning, and the second meaning is my own.
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