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An adverb referring to a place, document, matter, or circumstance previously identified. It specifies location or inclusion within the referenced item without restating the full antecedent.
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Trevor Tate pried open the rear door of a closed warehouse after dark. He carried tools to remove copper wiring once inside. Police arrested him before he could complete the removal. The entry satisfied the requirement of purpose to commit a crime therein.
Tiffany Torres filed a complaint alleging contract breach without any supporting facts or legal precedent. Her attorney later defended the filing by claiming it tested an extension of existing doctrine. The court dismissed the action because no non-frivolous basis existed for the issue asserted therein.
Threshold Capital and Tundra Resources exchanged signed writings stating a price and delivery date for equipment. A later dispute arose over an alleged prior oral side agreement on payment timing. The writings controlled because they formed the final expression of the terms included therein.
After Tristan Thompson's death, his surviving spouse selected household furniture and two vehicles from the estate. The value of those items exceeded the security interests therein by twelve thousand dollars. The spouse received the full statutory allowance from other estate assets to reach the limit.
TechVista Solutions transferred software licenses and related intellectual property into a newly created trust. The trust instrument defined property to include any interest therein that could be owned. The transferred licenses therefore qualified as trust assets subject to administration.
Tamara Tan, a citizen of State A, sought to practice law in State B under the same conditions as State B citizens. State B denied the application solely because of her out-of-state residency. The denial implicated the guarantee against discharge from service or labor in consequence of any law or regulation therein.
No. The adverb refers to any previously identified place, document, or circumstance. In legal drafting it commonly points to a referenced writing, proceeding, or set of terms rather than a physical structure.
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Yes. When the antecedent is unclear, the reference may be disputed. Courts resolve the ambiguity by examining the surrounding text to identify the precise item the adverb modifies.
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…us here are Arts. 1191-1194 and 1196 of the State's Penal Code.[^maj-1] These make it a crime to "procure an abortion," as therein defined, or to attempt one, except with respect to "an abortion procured or attempted by medical advice for the purpose of saving the life of the mother." Similar statutes are in existence…