Hereby

How it is used

Typical of notices, contracts and official declarations: 'We hereby give notice…', 'The Seller hereby assigns…', 'I hereby certify that…'. It is placed just before the main verb. Plain-English drafters often remove it, because the sentence works without it.

Example sentences

1. We hereby terminate the agreement with immediate effect.

2. I hereby confirm that the information given above is true.

Common collocations

• hereby give notice
• hereby certify
• hereby agree
• hereby assign
• hereby confirm

Related terms

• hereinafterA formal word in legal documents meaning 'from this point on in this document', used mainly to introduce a short name for a party or thing.
• thereofA formal word meaning 'of it' or 'of that', referring back to something just mentioned in a legal text.
• shallA modal verb used in contracts and laws to show that something is required, not simply that it will happen in the future.
• pursuant toA formal expression meaning 'according to' or 'as required by' a law, contract or other document.
• legaleseComplicated legal language full of long sentences, old-fashioned words and Latin phrases that ordinary readers find hard to understand.

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