Deem

Deem is of a piece with equivalent, and “an amount equal to”, and across a chasm from that which amends, supplements or modifies

It is to take Theseus' ship to a whole other realm of ontological redundancy. I believe it is in the domain of identity, equivalence, fungibility and "an amount equal to the amount that - "

I have a feeling that this essential subjunctivity - the hypothetical state of being one would be in were it not for the inconvenient state one actually is in, is a fundamental part of the legal eagle's psyche.

Oh, dear. You've got me started now