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The rest of the recitals will continue in the same way. Other recitals might describe the make, model and value of each party's car, the address and value of the family home, the credits cards owned by the parties and the amounts owing on them, and so on. Essentially, every fact that is relevant to the agreement should be put into the recitals to the agreement. | The rest of the recitals will continue in the same way. Other recitals might describe the make, model and value of each party's car, the address and value of the family home, the credits cards owned by the parties and the amounts owing on them, and so on. Essentially, every fact that is relevant to the agreement should be put into the recitals to the agreement. | ||
By the way, the parts where you see a capitalized word in brackets, like <tt>(the "Date of Separation")</tt>, are called ''defined terms''. These are very helpful because you can use a defined term to refer to the same thing throughout an agreement. | By the way, the parts where you see a capitalized word in brackets, like <tt>(the "Date of Separation")</tt>, are called ''defined terms''. These are very helpful because you can use a defined term to refer to the same thing throughout an agreement. Instead of saying <tt>the house owned by Jane and John at 123 Main Street in Anytown, British Columbia</tt> every time you need to talk about the property, you could say <tt>the house owned by Jane and John at 123 Main Street in Anytown, British Columbia (the "Family Home")</tt> once, and whenever you need to mention the property afterward you can just say <tt>the Family Home</tt>. | ||
====The operative clauses==== | ====The operative clauses==== | ||