Definition of Therefor

1. Adverb. (in formal usage, especially legal usage) for that or for it. "A refund therefor"

Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law

Definition of Therefor

1. adv. For that, or this; for it.

Definition of Therefor

1. Adverb. (obsolete) Therefore, for that or this reason or cause. ¹

2. Adverb. (context: now legal) For or in return for that. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Therefor

1. for that [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Therefor

thereabout
thereabouts
thereafter
thereagain
thereagainst
thereanent
therearound
thereas
thereat
thereatop
therebefore
therebeforn
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therefor (current term)
therefore
therefrom
therein
therein lies the rub
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
theremin
thereminist
thereminists
theremins
therencephalous

Literary usage of Therefor

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 (1908)
"... bonds, securities, or commodities therefor, and that said Jacob Berry 4 Company may, without notice.upon the approximate exhaustion of margin, sell, ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"... the cost and expense of which plaintiffs contracted to pay upon the conditions hereafter noted, and to furnish the railroad ties necessary therefor; ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"... and praying that tbe amount to be paid as compensation therefor should be assessed according to [198] the statute in such cases provided. ..."

4. Othello by William Shakespeare (2001)
"Even if the demoniac power of Iago drove him to the fatal act, the ground therefor lies only in Othello's personal nature and disposition. ..."

5. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate (1921)
"... sustained during the flood of the Mohawk river in the year nineteen hundred and eighteen, and to render judgment therefor," was read the third time. ..."

6. A Treatise on the Law of Railroads by Horace Gay Wood (1885)
"Where there is no proof of acceptance by the corporation, services rendered and expenses incurred therefor before its organization will be presumed to have ..."

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