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Definition of Theretofore
1. Adverb. Up to that time. "They had not done any work theretofore"
Definition of Theretofore
1. adv. Up to that time; before then; -- correlative with heretofore.
Definition of Theretofore
1. Adverb. until that time ¹
2. Adverb. before that ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Theretofore
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Theretofore
Literary usage of Theretofore
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"... did not unqualifiedly repeal the law in regard to forfeiture as theretofore
existing, but simply regulated it so aa to place on the same terms those who ..."
2. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"... charges, classifications, rules and regulations affecting any or all actions
of the commission theretofore entered by it and appealed from, ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"It had also to extend the wires from towns into rural districts theretofore wholly
devoid of telegraphic communication. It had to effect a complete ..."
4. Report of the Trial of James H. Peck: Judge of the United States District by James Hawkins Peck, Arthur Joseph Stansbury, United States Congress. Senate (1833)
"... that published argument, in support of the Opinion and decree theretofore
pronounced, and enrolled in a cause finally adjudicated ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"... which stamp had been theretofore removed in the manner prohibited by the law;
that is, by some per- eon, without defacing and destroying the same at the ..."
6. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"In this connection, King also told Meredith, who was then working with Foster,
that he (King), who had been and for some time theretofore ceased working ..."
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