BLUE-PENCIL TEST

blue-pencil test.A judicial standard for deciding whether to invalidate the whole contract or only the offending words. • Under this standard, only the offending words are invalidated if it would be possible to delete them simply by running a blue pencil through them, as opposed to changing, adding, or rearranging words. [Cases: Contracts  137. C.J.S. Contracts § 297.][Blacks Law 8th]