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hereof

hereof

1 9.9
About this document or matter used in legal writing
  • adverb
  • /hɪˈrɪf/
  • Formal
: de esto
  • A common clause in national magazines requires you to agree not to write about the same or similar subject of the work from the date hereof until six months after the on-sale date of the issue of the magazine in which the work is published.
  • the date hereof

Examples

  • If the spokesperson should, prior to or during the term hereof or thereafter, fail, refuse, or neglect to govern the spokesperson's conduct with due regard,

    Fiction book (1994)
  • The Court below rendered an opinion, a true copy of which is annexed hereto and a part hereof. Justice Carlin, in that opinion, ruled against the defendant on both of the aforementioned points.

    Academic text (2017)
  • This agreement and any policies and rules posted on this blog constitute the complete, exclusive, and final expression of the agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

    Blog text (31)
  • The plague struck London in 1603, and in a letter to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Sir Michael Hicks, who had been secretary to Queen Elizabeth, wrote, "I heard as I was writing hereof that Dr. Gilbert, the physician, is dead, who was my neighbour at St. Peter's Hill."

    Academic text (1991)
  • The agreement will be amended in accordance with the terms set forth hereof.

  • This document, and all the provisions hereof, shall remain in effect until further notice.

  • The terms and conditions hereof must be accepted by all parties before any transactions can occur.

Synonyms

thereof
vshereof
  • Formal
74 7.0

About the thing just mentioned

refers to the current document or matter rather than to something previously mentioned

Surface Forms

hereof positive

Morphology

hereof = here (transparent) = of + here

Formed from the literal combination 'here' + 'of' meaning 'of this', so the relation to the base words is clear. [Postprocessing: moved 'of' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Hereof comes from the simple parts here and of, which together mean 'of this' or 'about this thing'. So in formal or legal papers hereof points to something in the same document or matter.