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here·af·ter / hi(ə)rˈaftər/ • adv. formal from now on: nothing I say hereafter is intended to relate to the second decision. ∎ at some time in the future: this court is in no way prejudging any such defense which may hereafter be raised. ∎ after death: a sermon about hope of life hereafter.• n. (the hereafter) life after death: suffering is part of our preparation for the hereafter.

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Hereafter

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HEREAFTER

In the future.

The term hereafter is always used to indicate a future time—to the exclusion of both the past and present—in legal documents, statutes, and other similar papers.

West's Encyclopedia of American Law

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