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May

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-003191

Having discretion or permission to act, as opposed to being obligated to do so. In legal drafting, its use grants a party the choice to perform an action without creating a mandatory duty. This contrasts with the word "shall," which imposes a binding obligation that must be fulfilled.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-003191
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-003191",
  "term": "May",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "Having discretion or permission to act, as opposed to being obligated to do so. In legal drafting, its use grants a party the choice to perform an action without creating a mandatory duty. This contrasts with the word \"shall,\" which imposes a binding obligation that must be fulfilled.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/may/"
}

Record 3,156 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.