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<h1>Blue Pencil Doctrine: Surgical Contract Modification Preserves Core Agreement by Removing Unreasonable Provisions Selectively</h1> The blue pencil doctrine is a judicial standard for contract interpretation where courts can invalidate only specific offending words or provisions while preserving the remainder of the contract. This approach allows judges to modify unreasonable contract terms by deleting problematic sections without fundamentally altering the contract's structure, particularly in restraint of trade cases. The doctrine enables courts to render contracts reasonable by strategically removing offensive portions.