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It’s the usual trick of writing something so that an uninterested reader assuming the common meaning of words will be completely nonplussed, but a lawyer or judge reading such a document adversarially will reach many unexpected conclusions.


"nonplussed" means "bewildered" or "really confused". Maybe you mean "not worried"?

If you mean "not worried", then yeah, I bet you're right that there are a bunch of things that could be entailed by the language that aren't obvious. Good point.


“Nonplussed” also means “unfazed, unaffected, or unimpressed.”

A bit like “cleave” in that way.

But yes, you read me correctly.




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