&gt; And many, many thick books written by a lot of very smart people have been dedicated solely to trying to define this word, which is hotly debated.<p>No wonder people hate the legal system.  It&#x27;s a system where humans can&#x27;t come to consensus easily...<p>but you are right the future will be the status quo of contracts written in ambiguous english language where we pay  someone 300&#x2F;hr to argue over what the definition of the word &quot;is&quot; is.