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UNIFORM LAW COMMISSION DRAFTING RULES FOR UNIFORM AND MODEL ACTS As Approved by the Executive Committee of the Uniform Law Commission July, 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................1 PART 1. GENERAL RULE 101. RULE 102. RULE 103. RULE 104. RULE 105. RULE 106. RULE 107. RULE 108. RULE 109.
SENTENCE STRUCTURE .......................................................................................1 SUBJECT OF SENTENCE........................................................................................1 TENSE, MOOD, NUMBER, AND VOICE ..............................................................2 GENDER ....................................................................................................................3 CONSISTENCY. .......................................................................................................3 BREVITY ...................................................................................................................3 PUNCTUATION ........................................................................................................4 CAPITALIZATION ...................................................................................................5 NUMBERS ................................................................................................................ 6 PART 2. WORDS AND PHRASES
CHOICE OF WORDS AND PHRASES IN GENERAL...........................................7 LIMITATIONS, EXCEPTIONS, AND CONDITIONS ..........................................10 USE OF “SHALL”, “MAY”, “MUST”, “MIGHT”, AND “CAN” .........................12 USE OF “MAY NOT” AND “MUST NOT” ...........................................................14 USE OF “SHOULD” AND “OUGHT”....................................................................14 REFERENCE TO ANTECEDENTS; USE OF “WHICH” AND “THAT”.............15 USE OF “WHO”, “WHOM”, AND “WHOSE” ......................................................16 USE OF “SUCH”, “SAID”, AND “AFORESAID” ...............................................16 PART 3. DEFINITIONS
FORMULATION OF DEFINITIONS .....................................................................17 USE OF DEFINITIONS. ..........................................................................................19 ARRANGEMENT OF DEFINITIONS ....................................................................20 STANDARD DEFINITIONS: “ELECTRONIC”, “RECORD”, AND “SIGN” ......22 STANDARD DEFINITION: “PERSON” ................................................................22 STANDARD DEFINITION: “STATE”. ..................................................................22 i
SHORT TITLE OF ACT ..........................................................................................23 SECTIONS AND LOWER SUBDIVISIONS: GENERAL RULES. ......................23 NUMBERING OF SECTIONS AND LOWER SUBDIVISIONS. .........................26 ORDER OF ARRANGEMENT OF PROVISIONS OF ACT .................................27 SERIES AND TABULATIONS ..............................................................................28 REFERENCES TO OTHER PROVISIONS OF ACT .............................................30 USE OF BRACKETS ..............................................................................................32 ALTERNATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................
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