Definition of Aforesaid

1. Adjective. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of. "Said party has denied the charges"

Exact synonyms: Aforementioned, Said
Similar to: Same

Definition of Aforesaid

1. a. Said before, or in a preceding part; already described or identified.

Definition of Aforesaid

1. Adjective. Of a previously stated list, the earlier of the list items, usually the first in two or three mentioned list items. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aforesaid

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aforesaid

afoords
afoot
afoot(p)
afore
afore-
aforecited
aforegoing
aforehan'
aforehand
aforelisted
aforementioned
aforementioned(a)
aforenamed
aforeness
aforenoted
aforesaid (current term)
aforesaid(a)
aforesaide
aforesayd
aforestated
aforestation
aforethought
aforethought(ip)
aforetime
aforetimes
aformentioned
afoul
afoul(ip)
afoxe
afraid

Literary usage of Aforesaid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1908)
"\f. saith, that he himself was seised of the tenements aforesaid ivith the ... And the Defence of the aforesaid Jacob, tenant by his own warranty, ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1910)
"By virtue, and in execution of which said warrant, the said Thomas, as such sergeant as aforesaid, afterwards, to wit, nt the said time when etc., ..."

3. The Law Reports by Great Britain Court of Chancery, George Wirgman Hemming (1875)
"... that if the aforesaid lands and hereditaments called the Stone Beache, in Hastings aforesaid, and also the aforesaid messuages, houses, edifices, ..."

4. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1850)
"And be it further enacted, That the licenses aforesaid shall and may be granted, for and during the following terms or periods, and on the securing of ..."

5. Transactions by East Hertfordshire Archaeological Society (1903)
"Rendering thence to us our heirs and successors for the market and fairs aforesaid thirteen shillings and tenpence each year by the hands of the sheriff of ..."

6. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1895)
"bookseller in London, and was received publickly by most or some of the booksellers of the university of Oxford aforesaid from the said Mr. Bennett only. ..."

7. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"A, was that provided for the plaintiff, but the route through the dormer window, B, as shown on the sketch above which, as aforesaid, Is a far more ..."

8. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Simon Greenleaf (1899)
"And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further present, that (naming the accessory) of , in the county of , (addition) before the ..."

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