The best version of most clauses is already somewhere in your firm’s document management system. Definely lets you search for it by what the clause does, without leaving the contract you’re working on. The clause you choose goes in with its formatting and definitions intact.
Natural language search
Describe what you need and Definely searches clauses, definitions, and whole documents across your firm’s precedent library and your own, matching meaning as well as wording. Ask for a deadlock mechanism in a 50:50 joint venture and get the clauses that do the job, whatever they’re called.
Filters
Narrow results by document name, author, date, or your DMS’s own custom fields. Filter to agreements updated in the last year before you start searching.
Insert in place
Insert a clause where it belongs in the document structure, formatted to match the contract around it. A clause taken from a precedent in another house style is reformatted to match yours.
Insert missing definitions
When an inserted clause uses terms your contract doesn’t define, Definely finds the definitions it relies on and adds them to the definitions section in alphabetical order. Insert a change-of-control clause and the definition of “Control” is added too.
Personal library
Upload your own documents or whole folders, and Definely breaks each one into its clauses and definitions. The SPA you liked from three deals ago becomes searchable clause by clause.
DMS connection
Connects to your firm’s document management system, so a precedent becomes searchable without being moved. Knowledge and IT teams control what gets ingested, how it’s tagged, and who can see it from one admin portal.