Not really. add a 1 in front of a total on a credit card or check.

Try adding "One hundred" in front of "fifty dollars and no cents" on a check.

One of the most important aspects of a contract is the amount. It's an easy way to protect against forgery.

Seems like a simple solution to me. Just like a written check is done.

In response to this post by HokieMacDaddy

Posted: 03/08/2019 at 11:10AM

@RhinoVT or one of you other legal types -- HokieMacDaddy 03/08/2019 10:34AM

Mostly “monkey see, monkey do”........ -- CrystalCoveHokie 03/08/2019 10:57AM

I do it in formal correspondence, except 'one,' no ordinal. ** -- TomTurkey 03/08/2019 10:50AM

Do you mean "cardinal"? Ordinal would be "first" ** -- 48zip 03/08/2019 11:26AM

See OP -- TomTurkey 03/08/2019 11:56AM

Reduces tampering, like writing a check. Same principle. -- 48zip 03/08/2019 10:43AM

This doesn't make sense -- HokieMacDaddy 03/08/2019 11:06AM

Not really. add a 1 in front of a total on a credit card or check. -- 48zip 03/08/2019 11:10AM

On a check sure, but in a typed legal document? -- HokieMacDaddy 03/08/2019 11:11AM

Well I'm talking about hand-written insertions. Not re-written docs. Also -- 48zip 03/08/2019 11:24AM

Quantity vs. Year, say ** -- TomTurkey 03/08/2019 1:46PM

Because non-legal types aren't very smart and we need to help them as -- RhinoVT 03/08/2019 10:43AM

That would seem to argue for just including the number, no? -- HokieMacDaddy 03/08/2019 11:07AM

Nah. Writers/editors/Utahns in particular have trouble with simple stuff ** -- RhinoVT 03/08/2019 11:21AM

Call me, a paperclip fell on my shoe at work, I am injured! ** -- fordham 03/08/2019 10:45AM

"Money? Just for getting hurt? That's cool! heh, heh, heh" --Butthead. ** -- RhinoVT 03/08/2019 11:01AM

I would guess so that there is no confusion or chance of their being -- ElbertoHokie 03/08/2019 10:41AM

Probably the same reason why checks are that way. ** -- Late 80s Hokie 03/08/2019 12:39PM

Yep. Numbers easy to read, and easy to change. ** -- 48zip 03/08/2019 2:23PM

We’re paid by the word. -- RoswellGAHokie 03/08/2019 10:41AM

Misspelled character ** -- B777Fr8Dog 03/08/2019 11:16AM

Not many lawyers paid by character..... ** -- RTFC 03/08/2019 11:48AM

Have is not spelled “paid by” 😉 ** -- B777Fr8Dog 03/08/2019 12:09PM

Not really. add a 1 in front of a total on a credit card or check.

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