{"id":1296,"date":"2018-03-22T18:45:59","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T22:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesslaw.smithrayl.com\/blog\/?p=1296"},"modified":"2023-11-28T13:42:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:42:05","slug":"business-contact-basics-preambles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hpindiana.law\/business-blog\/business-contact-basics-preambles\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Contact Basics:  Preambles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This begins an occasional series of posts on basics of business <a href=\"https:\/\/businesslaw.hpindiana.law\/contract-drafting.html\">contracts<\/a>, principles that apply broadly to most types of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesslaw.hpindiana.law\/business-law-and-commercial-transactions.html\">business and commercial contracts<\/a>, regardless of the subject \u2014 merger agreements, stock purchase agreements, asset purchase agreements, construction contracts, professional service contracts, generic independent contractor agreements, advertising agency agreements, software and other intellectual property licenses, publishing contracts, equipment leases, office and retail property leases, procurement contracts (both master agreements and single-purchase agreements), employment contracts, and others.\u00a0Although there can be a subtle legal distinction between a \u201ccontract\u201d and an \u201cagreement,\u201d I will use terms interchangeably.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start at the beginning, with the preamble clause,\u00a0the first paragraph that appears after the title of most business and commercial contract. There is no universally recognized name for that part of a contract, but preamble is a good descriptive name.\u00a0Here&#8217;s an example:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This Consulting Agreement (\u201cAgreement\u201d), dated March 22, 2018, is between John J. Doe, an individual with a place of business located at 3650 N Washington Blvd Indianapolis, IN 46205 (dba J.J. 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