For example, a mortgage is a standard form contract. A bank's rules about lending money are usually the same for anyone buying a home. What changes on the mortgage form is the location of the client's home, the value of the home, the amount of money the bank is lending, the interest rate, and the repayment arrangements. When your lawyer prepares a standard form contract for you, you need to understand what promises you are making when you sign the document. A lawyer usually explains your responsibilities in general terms and then makes sure that the specifics are correct.
Pleadings are documents that are filed in court.
They usually have very specific information about what happened to you and what you want the court to do about it. Sometimes, you will have to sign an affidavit in which you swear that all the information in a document is true. Your lawyer or someone working with your lawyer, will prepare the affidavit. You should then go through it very carefully to make sure the information in it is correct before you swear it. The problem with legal documents is that they use a lot of legal words and expressions that are hard for most people to understand.