Also known as: thereafter · from that time forward
Written by attorneys · grounded in primary & secondary sources — see below
An adverb marking the moment from which a legal status, obligation, or consequence attaches and continues forward in time.
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Tara Tran entered a not guilty plea on day one. Ten days later she filed written notice of an insanity defense supported by recent hospitalization records. Thenceforth the court treated the defense as properly noticed and scheduled a mental examination.
Tabitha Taylor left the firm after handling a matter for a client. The remaining lawyers screened all files and gave prompt written notice to the former client. Thenceforth the firm could represent a party adverse to that client in unrelated matters.
Tamara Tan signed a residential lease for an apartment the parties knew was uninhabitable on the execution date. Before taking possession she discovered ongoing code violations. Thenceforth she could terminate the lease and recover damages under the governing rule.
Timothy Tang raised his fist and advanced on Tanner Thompson, causing immediate apprehension of harmful contact. A bystander then grabbed Tang and stopped the swing. Thenceforth the attempt's frustration did not relieve Tang of assault liability.
Talia Torres filed a financing statement covering equipment on March 1 and perfected by possession on March 10. Another creditor filed and perfected on March 5. Thenceforth Torres's interest held first priority dating from the earlier filing.
Triumph Manufacturing's founder executed a first will, then a second will that revoked it entirely. The founder later tore up the second will with clear intent to revive the first. Thenceforth the first will took effect as executed under the revival rule.
Thenceforth marks the precise starting point of a new legal status or consequence that then continues forward. Thereafter simply means after a stated event without the same emphasis on the commencement of ongoing effect.
…the District Court; and her inability to obtain a legal abortion in Texas. Viewing Roe's case as of the time of its filing and thereafter until as late as May, there can be little dispute that it then presented a case or controversy and that, wholly apart from the class aspects, she, as a pregnant single woman thwarted by the…