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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

"For" vs "on behalf of"

Please clarify the difference meanings of the captioned 2 words/phrases while

used in legal documents/contracts.

Thanks.
  

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In future, please include all relevant text within the message box. There is no difference between them that I can see, in any location. Legal documents may prefer one of the other.

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In future, please include all relevant text within the message box.

There is no difference between them that I can see, in any location. Legal documents may prefer one of the other. When you see 'for and on behalf of', this sort of redundancy is common in legal language.