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Drafting Legal Documents, Appendix B 4


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Appendix B -- Preferred Expressions
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procureobtain, get
prosecute its businesscarry on its business
provides guidance forprovides
provision of lawlaw
purchase [as a verb]buy
pursuant tounder
remainderrest
render [in the sense of "cause to be"]make
render [in the sense of "give"]give
require [in the sense of "need"]need
retainkeep
specified [in the sense of "expressly mentioned" or "listet"]named
State of KansasKansas
subsequent toafter
suffer [in the sense of "permit"]permit
sufficient number ofenough
summonsend for, call

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