Plain English Exercises, 2-3

Exercise 2

1. The doctor created a restrictive trust to control how his art collection could be displayed after his death, hoping to keep everything exactly as it was during his lifetime.
2. Concerning the enormous charitable gift deduction claimed by the taxpayer: since she failed to submit an appraiser's report of the donated bronze sculpture, we propose to disallow the deduction under the Revenue Department's standard operating procedure.
3. The plaintiff is seeking relief similar to a mandatory injunction; before the merger of law and equity, such relief could only be granted by Chancery.
4. No legal remedy is available now because the statute of limitations has run.
5. From the affidavits filed by plaintiff and defendants about the cross-motions for summary judgement, we have concluded that there are contested issues of fact. Therefore, no summary judgement can be issued at present.
6. To promote judicial economy, we submit to the court that it should consolidate all nine civil actions, both for discovery now and for trial later.

Exercise 3

1. Under the terms of the copyright license...
2. When the escrow closes...
3. Mandatory injunctive relief is inappropriate here...
4. After her release from prison, she was confined at home for at least six months.
5. Undoubtedly His Honor is required to recuse himself.
6. The action was barred because the statue of limitations' period had expired.
7. The Court of Appeal must consider whether...
8. Until the plans are approved by the design review committee, the homeowner association rules prohibit construction.
9. Most of the time, the insurance adjuster will deny the claim at first.
10. An attorney can be professionally disciplined for suing without a good faith belief in the legal and factual basis of the claim. Both the client and attorney can be subject to litigation sanctions as well.