Anonymous  +  293501 Wed, 15 Nov 06 03:43 PM Is the archaic "whosoever" allowable in an EU legal doc, eg "Whosoever violates duties shall be liable to the company"? thanks - Anonymous

	Clive  +  293547 Wed, 15 Nov 06 05:49 PM Hi, I'm not a lawyer, but it certainly sounds like legalese to me. Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,600 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	Forbes  +  293859 Thu, 16 Nov 06 12:00 PM There are ceratinly a lot of instances of whosoever about in legal documents, not to mention whomsoever and whosesoever. Forbes Joined on Thu, Jun 16 2005 Regular Member 895

	Gi_master  +  294688 Sat, 18 Nov 06 10:26 AM According to a legal english study book I had come accross recently, "whosoever", "whatsoever", "wheresoever" and "howsoever" are old-fashioned words thus quite often used by lawers in correspondence and contracts. Gi_master Joined on Sat, Nov 18 2006 New Member 01 People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people. Legal English

	Marius Hancu  +  298269 Mon, 27 Nov 06 09:38 PM  Gi_master wrote: According to a legal english study book I had come accross recently, "whosoever", "whatsoever", "wheresoever" and "howsoever" are old-fashioned words thus quite often used by lawers in correspondence and contracts. Are you saying lawyers prefer to use old-fashioned words? Marius Hancu Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006 Veteran Member 11,673 Legal English

	Forbes  +  298328 Tue, 28 Nov 06 01:21 AM Some lawyers certainly prefer to use old-fashioned words. It comforts them as they feel they know the exact meaning of the words they use. Forbes