regex101: Governing Law matcher

Non-Capturing Group(?:[A-Z]\w+)

Character Class[A-Z]

A-Zone character from A (65₁₀) to Z (90₁₀) (case sensitive)

\w+any word character, repeated at least once

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

(?i)applies the following effective flags to the remainder of the pattern: gmi

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

1st Alternativeagreement

agreementthe literal text agreement (case insensitive)

2nd Alternativeamendment

amendmentthe literal text amendment (case insensitive)

3rd Alternativeaddendum

addendumthe literal text addendum (case insensitive)

4th Alternativecontract

contractthe literal text contract (case insensitive)

5th Alternativelicense

licensethe literal text license (case insensitive)

6th Alternativerights(?: and obligations)?

rightsthe literal text rights (case insensitive)

Non-Capturing Group(?: and obligations)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

and obligationsthe literal text and obligations (case insensitive)

7th Alternativelaws?

lawthe literal text law (case insensitive)

s?optionally matches the literal s (115₁₀ / 163₈ / 73₁₆) (case insensitive)

8th Alternativeterms

termsthe literal text terms (case insensitive)

Negative Lookahead(?!\.)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

1st Alternativegoverne?d?

governthe literal text govern (case insensitive)

e?optionally matches the literal e (101₁₀ / 145₈ / 65₁₆) (case insensitive)

d?optionally matches the literal d (100₁₀ / 144₈ / 64₁₆) (case insensitive)

2nd Alternativecontroll?e?d?

controlthe literal text control (case insensitive)

l?optionally matches the literal l (108₁₀ / 154₈ / 6C₁₆) (case insensitive)

e?optionally matches the literal e (101₁₀ / 145₈ / 65₁₆) (case insensitive)

d?optionally matches the literal d (100₁₀ / 144₈ / 64₁₆) (case insensitive)

3rd Alternativeinterprete?d?

interpretthe literal text interpret (case insensitive)

e?optionally matches the literal e (101₁₀ / 145₈ / 65₁₆) (case insensitive)

d?optionally matches the literal d (100₁₀ / 144₈ / 64₁₆) (case insensitive)

4th Alternativeconstrued?

construethe literal text construe (case insensitive)

d?optionally matches the literal d (100₁₀ / 144₈ / 64₁₆) (case insensitive)

5th Alternativeappl(?:ied|y)

applthe literal text appl (case insensitive)

Non-Capturing Group(?:ied|y)

1st Alternativeied

iedthe literal text ied (case insensitive)

2nd Alternativey

ythe literal y (121₁₀ / 171₈ / 79₁₆) (case insensitive)

6th Alternativedetermined?

determinethe literal text determine (case insensitive)

d?optionally matches the literal d (100₁₀ / 144₈ / 64₁₆) (case insensitive)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

Non-Capturing Group(?:laws?|provisions?|matters)

.*?any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

Search reference

Regular Expression

((?:[A-Z]\w+).+?(?i)(?:agreement|amendment|addendum|contract|license|rights(?: and obligations)?|laws?|terms)(?!\.).+?(?:governe?d?|controll?e?d?|interprete?d?|construed?|appl(?:ied|y)|determined?).+?(?:laws?|provisions?|matters).*?\.)

Test String
New

The terms of the Governing Law and Dispute Resolution provisions of the Distribution Agreement will apply to this Addendum.

Regular Expression

Test StringNew

Test String
New