# kaal:claim:5886342-028

**Claim.** Terms expressed in code, such as those inside a digital contract, are legally valid and enforceable even when they are not provided in natural language.

**Type.** design  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- subject to the Codex rules of interpretation

**Source quote.**

> ital Contract, are legally valid and enforceable even

**From.** Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Stephan D. Meyer, *Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC)* (2025), Part B, Book III, Section 3, Article 49 Form Requirements, page 12

**Cite as.** Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Stephan D. Meyer, Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC) (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5886342

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**Topics.** smart-contracts

**Keywords.** smart-contracts, code-as-contract, enforceability, digital-contracts

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