hereinafter
Later in this
Hereinafter is legal and formal language meaning "from this point on in this document": the party hereinafter referred to as "Seller".
It signals that a term or name will be used throughout the remainder of a contract, agreement, or legal text.
Outside legal writing, the word sounds stiff and antiquated.
Conjunction signaling contrast
- clauseProvision in agreement
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- agreementShared position between parties
- contractEnforceable written agreement
parties · signatory · jurisdiction · indemnification · arbitration · affidavit · recital · stipulation
whereas
Conjunction signaling contrast
contract · parties · signatory · jurisdiction · indemnification · arbitration · affidavit · recital · stipulation · provision
preamble
Preliminary statement before content
subsection · article · appendix · schedule · exhibit · annex · addendum · amendment · definitions · terms
- legalesehereto, hereunto, thereof, therein, thereto
- legal archaismsattainder, escheat, outlawry, livery of seisin, trial by ordeal
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
- jargonjargon, lingo, legal jargon, slang, buzz words
hereinafterhereinbefore
Earlier in this document
heretofore · aforementioned · aforesaid · previously · above-mentioned
after, thereafter, heretofore, hereby, wherein, herein, herewith, aforementioned, hereupon