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LEGAL DOUBLETS

AND TRIPLETS

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DOUBLETS / TRIPLETS

•  Give, devise and bequeath •  Right, title and interest

•  (English / French / English) •  (English / French / English)

Doublet and Triplets: needless string of words with the same or nearly the samemeaning.

COMMON EXAMPLES

•  alter or change

• 

convey, transfer and set over

•  for and during the period

•  by and between

•  made and entered into

•  force and effect

•  free and clear

•  full and complete

•  give, devise and bequeath

•  good and sufficient

•  order and direct

•  perform and discharge

•  rest, resideue and remainder

•  save and except

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suffer or permit•  true and correct

•  undertake and agree

•  unless and until

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ACCEPTED PAIRING OF SAME LANGUAGE SOURCE

French

•  null and void  

• 

cease and desist  

•  heirs and assigns 

•  aid and abet  

English

•  have and hold  

•  let and hindrance 

•  each and every  

ACCEPTED PAIRING OF DIFFERENT LANGUAGE SOURCE

English/French

•  acknowledge and confess 

•  breaking and entering 

•  fit and proper  

•

 

lands and tenements give and grant  

•  had and received  

•  keep and maintain 

•  new and novel  

•  shun and avoid  

French/Latin

•  final and conclusive 

• 

 peace and quiet  

English/Latin

•  last will and testament  

•  made and provided  

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ALTERNATIVES

English Latin French

fast firm secure

kingly royal regal

rest remainder residue

rise mount ascend