Have you noticed that in many legal contracts numbers or currency amounts are often followed by the number in words? In the old days, this was necessary because documents were handwritten, and often the numbers were unclear. Today, with modern typefaces, numbers-in-words should be a thing of the past - yet many law firms continue to insist on the practice!
Have you noticed that in many legal contracts numbers or currency amounts are often followed by the number in words? In the old days, this was necessary because