Commercial Leases · glossary

Engrossment

The final clean copy of a document, printed for signature from the agreed draft. Fellgate's solicitors print the Lease and the Counterpart and read each one against the draft, page by page, because two copies printed from one draft can still differ. Chapter 10 · see Deed, Counterpart

Explained in Chapter 10, Completion, Registration and the File, of Commercial Leases.

How it comes up, in Chapter 10
The final clean copies for signing are the engrossments. Fellgate's solicitors print both from the agreed draft and read each one against it, page by page. Two copies printed from one draft can still differ, for example where a page failed to print.
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