boilerplate

1. Ready made content, design, or format that fits a variety of uses.

2. Standard legal language (the fine print) used by banks, insurance companies, landlords, service providers, vendors, etc., and printed often on the back of common insurance, loan, and tenancy agreements, and bills, invoices, receipts, etc. Boilerplate clauses are drawn from the long legal experience of big firms, and normally cannot be negotiated by the client or customer. See also adhesion contract and template.