Lingua lex
In the past week I have had the pleasure of writing “heretofore” and “therefrom” three times, “hereinafter” four times, “wherefore” twice and “assuming, arguendo” five times. How about you?
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about 4 years ago
No, no, no, no, and no. I try to write in plain English. “Heretofore” is “before now”; “therefrom” is “from that / those”; “hereinafter” I replace with a parenthetical (for example, “The blawger known as Gideon (‘Gideon’)”; “wherefore” is “so”; and “assuming, arguendo” is “assuming for the sake of argument”.
about 4 years ago
Oops. Missed a close paren after (‘Gideon’)” and before the semicolon.
about 4 years ago
Not even in appellate briefs?
about 4 years ago
There’s a reason that crap is used–when drafting complicated agreements, the words often save time and are more precise. Once you get used to the crap, it actually makes sense.
about 4 years ago
At the beginning of pleadings I’ve taken to dropping the “Comes now” language (“Comes now the Defendant…”); it made little sense and just made less-mature people snicker.
about 4 years ago
I don’t think I’ve ever used that phrase. It seems very awkward.