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RetroTechie 20 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: I told them forced consent was unlawful. 5 years l...

No it means that if parts of a contract are found to be unlawful or unenforceable, the rest of the contract still holds.

Edit: in other words, you're not legally bound to unlawful parts of a contract.

lambertsimnel 20 days ago [–]

This is my understanding, too. Sorry if that wasn't clear in my earlier comment.

However, I also believe that unenforceable parts of a contract have no effect, except in the minds of the parties to that contract. My suspicion is that contracts are sometimes drafted with this in mind.

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