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WHEREAS CLAUSE [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Documents
OBS

The whereas clause is used in recitals. The plain English alternative to "whereas" is "as", according to Robert C. Dick, in Legal Drafting in Plain Language, Third ed., p. 146.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Documents juridiques
OBS

motif d'un arrêt, d'un décret, d'un jugement, d'une requête.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Documentos jurídicos
DEF

Cada una de las razones que apoyan o sirven de fundamento al texto de una ley o a una sentencia, auto, decreto o resolución.

OBS

Recibe dicho nombre por ser ésta la palabra con que comienza.

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