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The sentence best adapted to communicate a law is a three clause sentence. It has a main clause, an if clause and an even though clause

When it comes to legal expression, it is often best to use a sentence with three clauses:

  • a main clause ,
  • an if clause , and
  • an even though clause .

In the main clause is expressed the command or permission and hence, one of the legal tokens, i.e., the right, duty, no-right or privilege.
In the if clause is placed any circumstance necessary and sufficient to trigger the main clause.
In the even though clause is placed any unnecessary circumstances.

John Bosco
Project Director
The Legal Literacy Project

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Source:  OpenStax, A unified theory of a law. OpenStax CNX. Mar 25, 2011 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col10670/1.106
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