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Week of April 27, 2025

For historical reasons, many familiar legal terms are two synonymous words connected with an “and” even when either word alone could do. Among the most familiar:

Sunday

Cease and desist

Monday

Will and testament

Tuesday

Arbitrary and capricious

Wednesday

True and correct

Thursday

Null and void

Friday

Furnish and supply

Saturday

Covenant and agree

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