Timeline for "About which" in legal English
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| Jan 22, 2015 at 20:01 | answer | added | Sven Yargs | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 22, 2015 at 18:57 | answer | added | Tim Lymington | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 6:40 | comment | added | Kris | "about which" is fine, it's acceptable and correct. It is "legal" English (about which, I know a thing or two). | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 3:55 | history | edited | sova | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 28, 2014 at 3:50 | comment | added | Anonym | If you want a word akin to herein (in this) and therewith (with that), then I recommend whereabout (about which). Note that any here + preposition combination means preposition + this, any there + preposition means preposition + that, and any where + preposition means preposition + which or what. | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 3:14 | answer | added | bib | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 3:13 | answer | added | brasshat | timeline score: -2 | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 3:13 | comment | added | keshlam | There is no inherent requirement that legal English be excessively formal. It became so only because the simplest way to produce a strong legal document is to take one that has stood up against repeated challenges and make the minimum necessary changes to adapt it to the new situation. There are specific terms which may have to be used to ensure that the correct meaning is understood, but outside of that you CAN write a legal document in informal English. If you're asking about how to make your text read like what everyone expects a legal document to sound like, that's a different question! | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 3:05 | comment | added | Jim | A certificate to that effect was made and recorded... (IANAL) | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 2:57 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Usually, concerning which, but in your exact context in respect of which [event] might be better. Legalese is an ugly style and difficult to parse though, so I wouldn't go overboard. | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 2:56 | review | First posts | |||
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| Aug 28, 2014 at 2:55 | history | asked | sova | CC BY-SA 3.0 |