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Clearance, privacy & defamation · Core

Representation and warranty

Also called: rep and warranty

ELI5

A contractual statement that particular facts or rights are true, backed by agreed legal consequences.

Used in conversation

“The deal needs to state representation and warranty clearly before it is signed.”

Definition

A contractual statement that specified facts or rights are true, backed by agreed legal consequences.

Here “Representation and warranty” means: A contractual statement that specified facts or rights are true, backed by agreed legal consequences.

Pitch context

You may encounter “Representation and warranty” in rights, contracts, finance, distribution & labour conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains who controls, pays for, approves, exploits or bears risk around a project.

Caution

Meaning and consequences may change by contract, collective agreement, territory or law. This entry is orientation, not legal advice.

Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.