Legal Advice and Florida LDPs

An Extended Definition of The Meaning of - Advice

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Advice Comes in Many Colors

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There are many types of advice, including but not limited to

• motherly advice,
• fatherly advice,
• neighborly advice,
• tax advice,
• business advice,
• marketing advice,
• real estate advice,
• and legal advice.

Other types are defined by the subject – tax, business, marketing, real estate, legal, etc.

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Advice & Legal Document Preparers

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My question is, are we allowed to mix them? Can my neighbor give me real estate advice? Of course he can, all day long, everyday in America. Will I listen? Maybe.

If my neighbor happens to be a realtor, then his advice may have credence. On the other hand if my neighbor, who offers real estate advice is a plumber, then, I take that into consideration as I listen.

As long as my neighbor, the plumber, doesn't pretend to be a realtor when offering real estate advice then his advice may be as good as any other nonrealtor out there.

I have four choices:

1. I can ignore his advice altogether;
2. I can do my own independent research to find out whether his advice is sound;
3. I can go ask a realtor, and get a second opinion on the plumber's real estate advice; or
4. I can follow the advice.

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The Uses of Advice in Context

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According to Online Etymology Dictionary (2010) the word advice is derived from Old French, ce m'est à vis which translates to: "it seems to me." So, it seems to me, that the word "advice" derives from a phrase that sounds to me like an opinion.

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No Legal Advice Given Here

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Funny, though, if the word derives from opinion, I'm thinking everyone has one – an opinion that is.

I don't mind refraining from offering legal advice. I also refrain from offering plumbing advice, every chance I get.

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Defining Advice

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The list of synonyms cited by the Random House Dictionary (2010) is even more interesting:

1. admonition, warning, caution; guidance; urging. Advice, counsel, recommendation, suggestion, persuasion, exhortation  refer to opinions urged with more or less force as worthy bases for thought, opinion, conduct, or action.

Advice is a practical recommendation as to action or conduct: advice about purchasing land.

Counsel is weighty and serious advice, given after careful deliberation: counsel about one's career.

Recommendation is weaker than advice and suggests an opinion that may or may not be acted upon: Do you think he'll follow my recommendation?

Suggestion implies something more tentative than a recommendation: He did not expect his suggestion to be taken seriously.

Persuasion suggests a stronger form of advice, urged at some length with appeals to reason, emotion, self-interest, or ideals: His persuasion changed their minds.

Exhortation suggests an intensified persuasion or admonition, often in the form of a discourse or address: an impassioned exhortation.

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So, What's Your Advice Opinion?

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What do you think?

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