a standard contract. Most agents and/or authors make many changes on the boilerplate.
Material that is copied and used over and over; for example, a letterhead or copyright notice.Text (or logos, etc.) set up once, then saved and reused in many documents.
Sections of any document, especially a proposal, that have been used and reused so often that they have become standard elements.
A document containing formula text that can be used for a number of purposes or similar circumstances requiring only minor alterations as a contract.
Existing text in a word processing file that can in some way be customized to be used in a variety of word processing applications.
Standard language that businesses routinely include in contracts. The other party to the agreement can sometimes negotiate to change or remove such provisions.
Form language used in legal papers, such as deeds and mortgages, before they are individualized with personal details.
Refers to publishers' standard contracts prior to any changes by an author or agent. Most publishers have a variety of boilerplate contracts to meet different needs. Boilerplates are always weighted in favor of the publisher and should be regarded by authors only as a starting point for hammering out agreeable terms.
A template style fill-in-the-blanks document that is reused, often in legal situations, formulaic, stereotypical.
That part of the Specifications which defines the administrative requirements associated with the construction documents. Typically, Divisions 0 and 1 incorporate the boilerplate elements of the specifications.
A standard text component of a document that requires few or no changes.
Standard verbiage that can be used multiple times for the same purpose. Vendors respond to RFPs with boilerplate so they do not have to write the same material multiple times.
standard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories
Passages of text that are used over and over without modification.
A standard publishing contract, with no changes made by the author or agent. The boilerplate is the starting point only, and later changes are usually made.
A publisher's standard contract offered to an author and used as a starting point for negotiating final terms.
Standard paragraphs containing safety provisions in venture capital and investment documents.
Text and/or graphics that appear in a report every time it is run. In some products this is called "constant" text or graphics.
The language section of a bill or public act. With regard to an appropriation bill or act, typically provides for legislative intent or further legal clarification of the line-item appropriations. Boilerplate can also refer to the standardized or pro forma language that is used at the front of the bill or statute.
The standard and routine jargon used in legal documents.
A standard publishing contract, with no changes or addenda made by the writer or agent. The boilerplate should be considered a starting point only; usually changes will be made.
Boilerplate is text and graphics that is stored so that it is available for repeated use in multiple proposals.
Prewritten, standardized copy used whenever a particular marketing communication requirement arises. It may be written to adhere to legal or company standards. It may also be used to eliminate the need for original writing when a specific communication requirement is likely to arise frequently. Contributed by: MarcommWise Staff
Standard wording about a company that usually appears near the bottom of all company issued press releases. For example, at the bottom of a BT press release, within the 'Notes for Editors' section, there might be written: "BT Retail is one of the businesses that make up the BT Group. Others include BT Ignite, BT Wholesale, BTopenworld, BT Affinitis and BTexact Technologies. It is the UK's leading communications service provider and the prime channel to market for the other businesses in the Group. It has 21 million residential and business customers, a turnover of £11.8bn (in the last full financial year) and around 50,000 employees."
Slang for standard legal language used in loan forms, real estate closings, etc.
Standard terms and conditions.
A block of standard text, such as formulaic parts of a legal document like a will, that are saved and inserted in many documents with a word processor.
Standard language in a contract.
Form language used in deeds, mortgages and other documents. Details can be added by individual parties.
Re-usable or "canned" text.
Standard, routine language in legal documents.