blue pencil doctrine

English

Etymology

From the act of editing written copy with a blue pencil.

Noun

blue pencil doctrine (plural blue pencil doctrines)

  1. (law) A legal concept where a court finds that portions of a contract are unenforceable, but other portions of the contract are enforceable.
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