VeriCite is a legal-research tool. It searches a corpus of public judicial opinions, statutes, and rules, and produces research memoranda with citations to those sources. It is software, operated as a beta (pre-release) service.
VeriCite is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Use of the service does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and VeriCite or anyone who operates it. The service produces research aid generated in part by artificial-intelligence systems; it can be incomplete, out of date, or wrong. You must read and verify every cited authority before relying on it. If you are not a lawyer, consult one before acting on anything the service produces.
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Paid features draw on prepaid credits. Prices for each research product are shown before you run it, and each run's charge is drawn from your credit balance. Prices may change prospectively; a change never applies to credits already spent.
Subscriptions. Optional plans auto-renew each cycle and convert every payment into credits at face value on renewal. You can cancel at any time, effective at the end of the current billing period; credits already granted are unaffected by cancellation and remain subject to the refund rule below.
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Refunds. Unspent credits you purchased are refundable in full on request, at any time. Credits already spent on completed research runs are not refundable. To request a refund, contact us at the address in §14; we refund to your original payment method.
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You own the research questions and documents you submit. You grant us the license needed to operate the service on them (process them, store them, show them back to you). We own the service, its software, and its design. The judicial opinions, statutes, and rules in the corpus are public records; nothing in these terms restricts your use of the underlying public law. The research memoranda generated for you are yours to use for any purpose; we keep a copy to operate the service (see the Privacy Policy).
The service is a beta. Features change, coverage has gaps, and availability is not guaranteed. We may modify or discontinue features at any time. If we discontinue the paid service entirely, we will refund unspent credits.
The service and everything it produces are provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, completeness, currentness, and non-infringement. No oral or written information obtained from the service creates any warranty.
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You may stop using the service at any time. We may suspend or terminate accounts for violation of these terms. Whatever the reason for termination, unspent credits are refunded — the refund rule in §3 is not a penalty clause, and keeping money for service we will not provide is not how this service works.
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