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JKBelieve Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

'with respect to which'

A customs territory shall be understood to mean any territory with respect to which separate tariffs are maintained for a substantial part of the trade of such territory with other territories.

1)what does 'with respect to which' mean? I acutally understand what it is trying to say but how else would you say that? How would you...interpret it?

2) is the underlined 'the trade of such territory with other territories' acceptable english? I would have written 'the trade with other territories of such a territory' What do you think?
  

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1) It could have been "for which" instead of "with respect to which". It could even be "any territory which separate tariffs are maintained for", but that would put two "for"s together: ... are maintained for for a substantial part ...

— CalifJim

  • 1) It could have been "for which" instead of "with respect to which".
  • It could even be "any territory which separate tariffs are maintained for", but that would put two "for"s together: ...
  • are maintained for for a substantial part ...
  • 2) As with another question you asked, the pattern "such" + noun is part of legal style.
  • CJ
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1) It could have been "for which" instead of "with respect to which". It could even be "any territory which separate tariffs are maintained for", but that would put two "for"s together:
... are maintained for for a substantial part ...

2) As with another question you asked, the pattern "such" + noun is part of legal style.

CJ
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