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Subject:Re: Avoiding and/or? From:edunn -at- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 14 Nov 2000 14:13:40 -0500
Logically, OR already includes the senarios that Dan listed. There is no need
for the and/or construct.
In boolean logic XOR denotes excusive OR. Which means A XOR B is true for cases
of (A or B) but not for cases of (A and B).
But of course you have to wonder just which dictionary lawyers do use. For cases
involving the general public I'm not certain that everyone is clear that A or B
can include A and B. So maybe the use of such language in leagal text is to
avoid the need for lawyers as the nonlogical signees can not misinterpret the
language.
Eric L. Dunn
>>I think and/or is a preferred fudging phrase in legal documents.
>>
>>It allows the sentence to be interpreted as:
>>
>>A and B
>>or
>>A or B
>>or
>>not A and B
>>or
>>A and not B
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