Attachment or Annex (nouns)

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Dear all,Please advise which word should be used when describing the additional part of the document (agreement, certificate, etc.)Thank you in advance!O.

Rover_KE · Accepted Answer

I'm not a lawyer, but I think they are both used.

In the case of a will, it's a codicil.

Rover

Anonymous · Answer

Rover_KEI'm not a lawyer, but I think they are both used.
In the case of a will, it's a codicil.
Rover

Thank you!

Anonymous · Answer

As a lawyer (though not a native speaker) I say that it depends on the contents of that additional part.

If it is signed together with the main document and provides specific regulation of a particular issue already governed by the main document (for example, list of goods to be delivered, time schedule, any rules of a complicated procedure) then you can use Annex, Attachment, Schedule and Appendix (personally, I prefer not using Appendices).

But if you are referring to a document that have been (or will be) signed on another date then it should be called Addendum or Additional Agreement. Sometimes Side Letter can also be used.

Anonymous · Answer

AnonymousAs a lawyer (though not a native speaker) I say that it depends on the contents of that additional part.
If it is signed together with the main document and provides specific regulation of a particular issue already governed by the main document (for example, list of goods to be delivered, time schedule, any rules of a complicated procedure) then you can use Annex, Attachment, Schedule and Appendix (personally, I prefer not using Appendices).
But if you are referring to a document that have been (or will be) signed on another date then it should be called Addendum or Additional Agreement. Sometimes Side Letter can also be used.

Thank you very much for the well-grounded answer, I will keep this useful information in my memory.
And, if you please, which word would you use if this additional part is a document confirming an extension of a trademark certificate validity and that is issued by the authorized body some time later than the trademark certificate. Thank you in advance! O.

Pozzy · Answer

O., so you are reffering to something added not an agreement but to a state authority certificate. To my mind that makes difference. So I would use Appendix as it stands for a supplementary document added to the initial writing and this is just your case.

Anonymous · Answer

PozzyO., so you are reffering to something added not an agreement but to a state authority certificate. To my mind that makes difference. So I would use Appendix as it stands for a supplementary document added to the initial writing and this is just your case.

Dear Pozzy,
Thank you for your anwer!
When writing my first message I was thinking that the documents were similar in some way. But now I become more and more aware of the differences between the "attachments"

Thanks a lot! O.

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