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During the Middle Ages, legal documents were historically made as a solid block of script whose long lines stretched from margin to margin. There were no indentations or spacing to indicate the limits of paragraphs or the relation between them. It was common for draftsmen to compose an entire document in the form of one single sentence. Another characteristic of English legal texts is the absence of punctuation. These factors make legal texts much more difficult to read. Punctuation also helps with the logical comprehension of the content, and anyone who has ever read legal texts will attest that they are quite difficult to comprehend.

Legal texts were historically meant to be read in silence, not to be spoken out loud. The relative absence of punctuation was intentional since legal texts were supposed to be scrutinized in silence. Medieval scholars considered the use of punctuation to be superfluous as the meaning of the sentence was supposed to become evident from its grammatical structure. Read the rest of this entry »

If you do not know about it yet, there is a system of legal services plan and membership program for those who find themselves in a quandary involving legal issues.

This concept has already been around and has been implemented for several years already. In Europe during the 1930′s, legal plans have become largely popular and have remained as popular as it was, nowadays.

In our country, the American system of implementing legal plans steadily gained popularity. More and more companies offer different plans and options according to who will be availing of such legal services.

Many individuals and business entities have already discovered the value of such services.

How do legal plan services work?

This kind of services works by awarding provisions of basic coverage and lawyer services for a certain amount of pre-paid fee, considered as the membership fee. The payment of such fees is on a regular basis, either annually or monthly, depending on what was agreed upon by the individual, group or entity who signed up for membership.

Through payment of such fee, the member will have the access to a lawyer or attorney and the legal services they provide. Without a legal services plan, the individual would have to pay directly to the lawyer, in several cases, a considerable sum of money as service fee being charged by the lawyer or attorney.

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We all know that hiring a lawyer could be very expensive. As an attractive alternative to hiring a lawyer, you could use pre-paid legal services. Prepaid legal services are similar to insurance plans, but instead of covering your health, life or home, pre-paid legal services cover your legal needs.

How do prepaid legal services work? Well, just like insurance plans, members pay a fixed monthly subscriptions fee and in return they have access to a range of legal services on-call. The legal services might cover simple tasks such as reviewing of legal documents, writing a simple will as well as more complicated cases such as divorce, trials, real estate issues and bankruptcy, etc. In this way, members of pre-paid legal services pay a fixed amount of money monthly to defray the expense of legal services provided in the future. Prepaid legal service plans might also cover the filing of motions and legal representation in court, but clients might need to pay extra fee for such services.

Pre-paid legal service plans have been sold in the United States since 1970′s and in some states they are considered to be insurance and thus regulated by the state’s insurance commission. Prepaid legal services is attractive to people who cannot afford to retain a lawyer on a regular basis.

There are some benefits of using pre-paid legal plans. First of all, they are cost-effective. The fees of hiring a lawyer can be very expensive, but the charge of pre-paid plans is more in line with health or home insurance. The second advantage of using a pre-paid legal plan is the simplicity in which the services are priced and furnished. When hiring a lawyer, it’s usually hard to understand how they charge their clients, because there are a complicated set of fees involved, such as hourly rates, flat fees, contingency fees, and statutory fee, etc. However, with pre-paid plans, you just pay a fixed monthly fee and if the services are not fully covered, you will know clearly how much you will have to pay. In addition, since prepaid plans offer unlimited phone consultation, this can save you a lot of trouble in the future. Most legal problems can be solved if you take the necessary steps in line with the law. With good advices, you can avoid getting yourself into troubles. Read the rest of this entry »