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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Is there such a thing as "hereon"?
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Is this correct use of "hereon"?
The parties hereby agree to all provisions provided for in the agreement and certify that by providing signature hereon.
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Is this correct use of "hereon"?
The parties hereby agree to all provisions provided for in the agreement and certify that by providing signature hereon.
Thank you!
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, on the document recording the agreement. You will find this and many other obsolete prepositions confined almost entirely to legal documents. "
- , on the document recording the agreement.
- You will find this and many other obsolete prepositions confined almost entirely to legal documents.
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Yes, it means "on this place," i.e., on the document recording the agreement. You will find this and many other obsolete prepositions confined almost entirely to legal documents. Ordinary people would say "Our signatures certify that we agree to all provisions of this document." But language like this has been copied from contract to contract down through the ages, and as a lawyer once told me,
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