How to use punctuation
PUNCTUATION: Historical Background : The idea of good punctuation as good to crucial writing, a fact recognized outside the legal profession has only just begun to be acknowledge within the legal words.Traditional lawyers have drafted with little or no punctuation until the mid of 19th century. acts of parliament were were deliberately passed unpunctuated in the interest of precision.However research by legal academic writers suggests that punctuation can be found in the earliest of statutes, albeit erratic in its application. MODERN JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION: The case for ignoring punctuation was supported by sanford v raikes (1816) in which Grant MR said at page: "it is from the words, and from the context, not from the punctuation, that the sense [of a will] must be collected ". Lord show of dunfirnline in Housten v Burns (1918) said punctuation is a rational part of English composition , and is something quite significantly employed. I see no reason for deprivi...