n., adj. slang for provisions in a contract, form or legal pleadi...

Standard terms and conditions.

Widely used, standard clauses or provisions that are often found at the end of a contract or in the contract's fine print. Certain boilerplate provisions in consumer contracts are ofte [..]

newspaper (and now information technology) slang for "unit of writing that can be used over and over without change," 1893, from a literal meaning (1840) "metal rolled in large, flat pl [..]

Slang for standard provisions in a contract, form, or legal pleading that are routine and often preprinted. Boilerplate provisions are meant to be used in many contracts, but some may not apply to eve [..]

Definition A standard form or template used in a contract or other legal document.

Text or graphics elements designed to be used over and over. For example, you could create a boilerplate for a fax message that contains all the standard fax information that doesn't change, such [..]

Fixed or formulaic language or code, commonly used in forms, documents, legal contracts, and computer programming, which can be reused in new contexts or applications without significantly altering th [..]

standardized text in documents (as contracts)

The standard terms and conditions on a purchase order or other document.

Terms and conditions used conventionally as a standard.

  Standardized terms and conditions in legal contracts or other documents.

The language section of a bill or public act. Boilerplate can also refer to the standardized or pro forma language that is used at the front of the bill or statute.

Boilerplate describes standardized language that's used within a legal document. Any individual or company that frequently engages in contracts or agreements is likely to use boilerplates to avoi [..]

Boilerplate refers to the standardized, formal language in a contract or legal document that is often located in fine print at the bottom of a page. A person is bound by the terms in the boilerplate l [..]

(n) standard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories(n) thick plate iron used in the production of boilers

Informal term used by CAS referring to the General Standards when they appear within individual functional area standards.

Often found in press releases, a boilerplate is standard verbiage that gives a brief history of the organization(s) and is located at the bottom of all company-issued releases. The term comes from the [..]

A boilerplate is any form of writing that can be or is reused multiple times with minimal changes to the original content. This term is currently used in many fields, often to refer to standard writte [..]

Standardized language within a contract.

n., adj. slang for provisions in a contract, form or legal pleading which are apparently routine and often preprinted. The term comes from an old method of printing. Today "boilerplate" is c [..]

Standard language that businesses routinely include in contracts. The other party to the agreement can sometimes negotiate to change or remove such provisions.

Describing text of a standard or routine nature. ''The contract contained all the usual boilerplate clauses.'' Used to describe a non-functional spacecraft used to test configuration and procedu [..]

Standard terms and conditions.