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Lawaba Llb99803rdrarap Drafting (Introduction)
Lawaba Llb99803rdrarap Drafting (Introduction)
Lawaba Llb99803rdrarap Drafting (Introduction)
1) STATUTORY DRAFTING
2) PLEADING
3) CONVEYANCING
STATUTORY DRAFTING
These documents are composed w.r.t. The
principles of Legal Composition and described as
“ All writings expressly intended to be, or which
frequently become, the subject of legal
interpretation”
STATUTORY DRAFTING
COVERS:
STATUTES AND ENACTMENTS
QUASI- LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS
STATUTUTES AND
ENACTMENTS
The Legal composition and statutory drafting of
laws, enactments or statutes of the legislative body
or parliament
QUASI- LEGISLATIVE
DOCUMENTS
The term “ Quasi- Judicial “ implies “ having a
partly legislative character by possession of the
right to make rules and regulations having the force
of law”
The Memorandum or Articles of Association ofa
company
By-laws of a Society
PLEADING
These are the statements in writing filed in the
Court by each party to a case stating what his
contentions will be at the trial, and giving all such
details as his opponent needs to know in order to
prepare his case in answer.
It is a submission by the parties wherein they
narrate facts and relief for their cause
These include all documents submitted to a court in
the progress of a suit and also all other minor or
Incidental documents or writings prepared and
submitted in the course of a suit.
These also include the opinion of counsel on the
basis of which a suit is brought as well as the
opinion of a Judge delivered at the end of a suit.
CONVEYANCING
It means an act of conveying or transferring from
one person to another or transfer inter-vivos ( It is a
latin term that refers to a transfer made during
one’s lifetime)
It depends on practice, customs and usage,
prudence and precedents
The Most common type of documents that illustrate
conveyance are a deed of sale, mortgage, lease etc
AIM
To make sure that the document serves the
function it is intended for.
A professional lawyers work consists of the
drafting of legal documents
It includes agreements, bonds, conveyances,
leases, mortgages, notices and so on.
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF DRAFTING