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Don't be mean. I promise to do my best to judge that fairly.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Not just specific example. i.e. when used in contract law is a limited list of things covered.

Acts of god (i.e. fire or flood) would not include hail or rain or lightning or….

Acts of god (e.g. fire or flood) would include anything you could argue to a judge is an act of god.

If they use ie in a contract, you would first have to argue they didn’t mean to use ie and both parties believes them not to be a complete list, and were supposed to be examples of.