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IANAL also, but: IIRC contracts typically have an "integration clause" that specifies that the contract constitutes the entirety of the agreement between the two parties. Couldn't the integration clause instead specify that the contract, as combined with the additional document into a single whole, constitute the agreement? See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integration_clause

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See my comment just above yours, concerning "incorporation by reference" (with a link).

Lawyer here also (though not actively practicing) and I agree with your thoughtful comment about. I’ve negotiated lots of commercial agreements, and it’s surprising that lawyers still spend time redlining basic things like severance clauses, integration clauses, etc. There’s no real benefit from much of the back-and-forth. It’d be great to have trusted, open source “standard legalese” terms. That way the parties could focus on the contract’s meaningful parts and say something like “This Agreement incorporates by reference the Standard Legal Terms at xyzterms.org.” And of course you could have different versions for various states and industries.

> * It’d be great to have trusted, open source “standard legalese” terms.*

Working on it :)

When I did paralegal work in NY, we often used Blumberg Forms and just assumed that it covered our needs.

https://www.blumberg.com/forms/

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