Talk:Legal doublet

intents and purposes
Should the phrase "intents and purposes" be on this list? - Rainwarrior (talk) 04:13, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes. NikolaiSmith (talk) 07:36, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

Signed, sealed and delivered
These words are not similar - they are three separate acts necessary, at common law, for an enforceable document known as a "deed" to be effective. The common law has been changed in most places, and in the United States deeds are rarely used. A deed is a document similar to a written contract, but it does not need to have the consideration required for a contract. It is enforceable against the person who made it. At common law, in order for the deed to become binding, you had to: In modern times, statute law in most places allow the document to just say it is sealed, and if so it is taken by law to be sealed.
 * 1) sign it (with a handwritten signature);
 * 2) seal it (generally done with a wax seal, but there were other mechanisms); and
 * 3) deliver it (give it to the person who will be entitled to enforce it).

The use of the phrase "signed, sealed and delivered" outside the context of a deed is a misuse of the term amounting to a mere flourish. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.120.16.133 (talk) 05:20, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

"day and age"?
It's not in the list, but is it one of them? It's a Germanic + Romance pairing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.31.127.236 (talk) 17:06, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

"Near synonyms"
Many of the example are not near synonyms. Should hey be removed, or is the definition wrong? All the best: Rich Farmbrough 20:47, 30 December 2020 (UTC).


 * (belatedly...) I agree this is a problem. The definition, based on the cited refs' examples, does seem to entail being near-synonyms, not just the legalese subset of "irreversible binomial". I removed "search and seizure" (the differential meaning is not really subtle or legalistic). DMacks (talk) 17:16, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree and fixed the article. I like to saw logs! (talk) 07:13, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

Expressed or implied
How is it a legal doublet, it is not synonym at all???Hhgygy (talk) 22:40, 24 January 2021 (UTC)


 * I agree and fixed the article lead. I like to saw logs! (talk) 07:14, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

Checks and balances
Is this a legal doublet? If so, it should be included. SmilingFace (talk) 14:29, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Preventing disputes?
It seems to me that using more than one word in such situations might have been a means of denying or discouraging disputes over shades of meaning - i.e. giving the impression "This formulation covers ALL possible shades of meaning, therefore there can be no grounds for dispute", whether that impression was strictly true or merely a bluff. TooManyFingers (talk) 06:23, 14 February 2024 (UTC)