ILLITERATE JURAT IN WRITTEN AGREEMENT

ILLITERATE JURAT IN WRITTEN AGREEMENT

A thumb print does not make a document legally safe. Rather, it is the process behind fixing it that gives it legal life.

That is why an illiterate jurat is compulsory in every Property or Business Agreement involving a non-literate person.

An illiterate jurat is a clause that states that the contents of the Agreement were read and properly explained to the non-literate person in a language he understands and that he clearly understood it before he put his thumbprint in place of a signature.

Without it, the document is shaky. Where an illiterate jurat is missing, the non-literate person can lawfully deny understanding the transaction, giving consent and challenge the entire Agreement.

A document may look good, stamped, signed, thumb printed and witnessed, yet be invalid because it did not contain an illiterate jurat.

This is not mere technicality; It is a
to guard against fraud, force and manipulation.

It protects the non-literate person from being deceived and protects the other person from future denial.

In property/land, business or other money matters, just like in life generally, shortcuts are expensive.

A well drafted illiterate jurat is what separates a valid Agreement from a future court case.

When a non-literate person is involved in a Property and Business transaction, insert an illiterate jurat in the Agreement/Contract.

For best results, get a Property and Business Lawyer.

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