Abstract
This article discusses recent revisions to the Virginia Supreme Court's rules of practice to address potentially ambiguous uses of the word shall. It also places those revisions in the context of a broader debate within the legal-writing community about words of authority. It argues that current calls to eliminate shall from legal documents are facile; the only way to eliminate ambiguity is to draft carefully and pay attention to context.
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