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Old 05-02-2013, 09:37 PM
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Default How to "block out" white space in legal documents

Sometimes in legal documents, such as contracts, it is desirable to insert a page eject or a keep with next to move some text to the following page so it would be together with other related text.

This could leave several inches of white space at the bottom of a page, which, I assume, could leave the contract more open to doctoring.

I have seen the use of a "fill" character or image in the unused white space at the bottom of a page to "fill up" this white space and make it harder to misuse. I suppose it also conveys the impression that the white space was intentional and not an oversight, like the "This page intentionally left blank" messages in some manuals.

I cannot for the life of me recall what character is typically used. Can anyone tell me how this is usually done or point me to an example?

Thanks

PS: I found an example that uses a boxed statement: "The rest of this page intentionally left blank."

http://www.dc.state.fl.us/business/contracts/c2490.pdf

This is another solution, but it is not the one I recall seeing.

Last edited by Jennifer Murphy; 05-02-2013 at 09:53 PM. Reason: Add PS
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