Legal Definition and Related Resources of Do
Meaning of Do
(Lat. I give). The ancient and aptest word of feoffment and of gift. 2 Bl. Comm. 310, 316; Co. Litt. 9.
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Legal Usage of Do in English
An European Commission document offers the following explanation about the misused of Do:’To do’ is a rather weak word: ‘to perform’ and ‘to carry out’ are often better. Using them also avoids the rather common confusion between ‘to do’ and ‘to make’. A peculiar use of ‘do’ is also found in ‘Done at Luxembourg/Brussels’; this is probably a legal requirement, but it would be better as just ‘Brussels’ (or ‘Luxembourg’).
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‘A third source of revision is the statistical adjustments done at national level and at European level to take account of the seasonality and the calendar effects affecting time series71.’
Alternatives
perform, carry out, undertake.
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Further Reading
- David Mellinkoff, “Mellinkoff’s Dictionary of American Legal Usage”, West Publishing Company, 1992
- Bryan A. Garner, “A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage”, West Publishing Company, 1995
Concept of “Do”
Traditional meaning of do in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) I give; see DEDI. Do, lego: I give and bequeath. Do ut des: I give that you may give. Do ut facias: I give that you may do. Words descriptive, in the civil law, of different kinds of contracts; see FACIO.
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Notes and References
- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Do”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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