contract-law
Non binding section in a legal agreement?
<p>Is there a concept or known word to describe a text in a legal agreement that is not binding.</p>

<p>We would like to annotate an agreement with sections that explain the intended consequences without themselves being the basis for it.</p>

<p><strong>Example:</strong></p>

<p>One part of the agreement says:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Service A can be cancelled with 6 months notice.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Another part says</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Service B can be cancelled with 12 months notice.<br>
  <strong>Note that service A only has 6 months notice.</strong></p>
</blockquote>

<p>Say I change the first part to be only 4 months notice for service A. but I forget to update the added note in the second section.</p>

<p>A <strong>workaround</strong> being non specific:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Note that service A may have a shorter notice.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>You should ask your pay lawyer about this. You might make the whole contract void by messing up the notices. </p>

<p>You might, however, use another workaround that you can't easily mess up: </p>

<ul>
<li>Put all cancelation notice times in one paragraph and always refer to "cancelation notice as defined in X.Y"</li>
<li>Don't include the actual numbers in the contract but the ToS

<ul>
<li>"The service(es) can be canceled with a notice as defined in the Terms and Services." [which are not part of the contract and can be changed much faster!]</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
