whosoever

Hi,

I'm not a lawyer, but it certainly sounds like legalese to me.

Clive

There are ceratinly a lot of instances of whosoever about in legal documents, not to mention whomsoever and whosesoever.

According to a legal english study book I had come accross recently, "whosoever", "whatsoever", "wheresoever" and "howsoever" are old-fashioned words thus quite often used by lawers in correspondence and contracts.

Gi_masterAccording to a legal english study book I had come accross recently, "whosoever", "whatsoever", "wheresoever" and "howsoever" are old-fashioned words thus quite often used by lawers in correspondence and contracts.

Are you saying lawyers prefer to use old-fashioned words?

Some lawyers certainly prefer to use old-fashioned words. It comforts them as they feel they know the exact meaning of the words they use.

0 Lawyers like to follow the legal tradition and especially the language tradition. Some of the legal term originate from Latin which is a language they feel comfortable using. Sometimes they just think that using fancy or archaic words, they can hide something they don't know. After all only another lawyer can tell if they are wrong.0-