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 ## Serialization
 
-We reccursively define the serialisation `serialize` function which consumes an object `value` (of the type specified) and returns a byte string of type `bytes`.
+We reccursively define the `serialize` function which consumes an object `value` (of the type specified) and returns a byte string of type `bytes`.
 
 #### `uintN`