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172 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

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172 months ago

   wrote:

to the rule on boilerplate wording OR to a rule that they not contain unusual wording

My comment:

[...] the validy of these clauses is limited to

172 months ago

Claude Le Frapper   wrote:

rule of the unexpected or unusual

My comment:

I don't think this has been translated into English yet, but that's what it means. FYI, this is a French translation of the German Ungewöhnlichkeitsregel, for which the only English explanation I found says: "substantially deviating from what one would expect in a contract of that nature under the circumstances"

My references:

http://law.wustl.edu/Library/cdroms/IBL/ProdLiability/Switzerl.htm

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172 months ago

Claude Le Frapper   wrote:

rule of the unexpected or unusual

My comment:

I don't think this has been translated into English yet, but that's what it means. FYI, this is a French translation of the German Ungewöhnlichkeitsregel, for which the only English explanation I found says: "substantially deviating from what one would expect in a contract of that nature under the circumstances"

My references:

http://law.wustl.edu/Library/cdroms/IBL/ProdLiability/Switzerl.htm

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172 months ago

   wrote:

Also http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cisg/principles.html#NR32 UNIDROIT Article 2.20 Surprising Terms

172 months ago

   wrote:

Also http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cisg/principles.html#NR32 UNIDROIT Article 2.20 Surprising Terms

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172 months ago

JIGGSLAW- Coordinator of the Linguist-Lawyers Network   wrote:

Theory of change in circumstance /unforeseen events

My references:

Contract Law- Performance of the contract.

172 months ago

JIGGSLAW- Coordinator of the Linguist-Lawyers Network   wrote:

the rule of the unusual (out of the ordinary) or the uncommon

172 months ago

JIGGSLAW- Coordinator of the Linguist-Lawyers Network   wrote:

rule of the peculiar or uncommon

172 months ago

WILHELMINA TWENEBOA-KODUA   wrote:

unusual rule

My comment:

I prefer to use unusual for both 'insolite' and 'inhabituel'

172 months ago

WILHELMINA TWENEBOA-KODUA   wrote:

Insolid or unusual rule

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172 months ago

Medilingua Hungarica   wrote:

Dear Colleague! Insolidus means (Latin) contrary of solidus (strong). Insolitus means (Latin) contrary of solitus (ordinary, habitual - all Latin words) from Lat. sólere = to use to. All these are Latinisms in English. The: Why to use "English" as a World Language, why not Latin again?