aforementioned

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   mentioned earlier in the same text or conversation

   The aforementioned witnesses will return to court after lunch.

2. 2
   noun

   the person or thing previously mentioned

   The judge named three prisoners and ordered that the aforementioned be released.

Formed from afore- ("before, earlier") + mentioned, the past participle of mention. It developed as a formal way to point back to a person or thing already named in a document or discussion.

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