Chapter Seven
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Original Plain Language
enter approve, order, sign
excluding ... does not include...
expiration date You must obey these orders
until...
This order lasts until...
This order ends on...
full faith and credit This order is valid in...
impairment problem
modification/adjustment change
motion request
per annum every year
preserved for collection still due
prior previous
provisions rules
reimbursement repayment
requesting party person who asked for this order
reside with live with
residential address home address
restrained and enjoined from must not
shall must
show cause show why the court should not...
show why XX should not be
approved
surrender (weapons) turn in
transferring, removing, encumbering,
concealing or in any way disposing of
(property)
move, take, hide, damage, borrow
against, sell or try to sell, or get
rid ofwithout good cause without a good reason
Table 1. A glossary created by the Washington State Access to Justice
Board Pro Se Project’s Forms Review Work Group.
Use of short, basic level terms provides a more reliable means of
relaying meaning when compared to longer and more complicated words.