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In modern usage, “behalf” is an [[invariable noun]], meaning it has no plural form. In the 15th and 16th century you did see “behalves” but it has fallen out of use, the theory being that the collected persons on whose behalf you are acting are indivisible. | {{pe}}In modern usage, “behalf” is an [[invariable noun]], meaning it has no plural form. In the 15th and 16th century you did see “behalves” but it has fallen out of use, the theory being that the collected persons on whose behalf you are acting are indivisible. | ||
But the [[Mediocre lawyer|lawyer]] in ''me'' thinks - is that so? A [[Mediocre lawyer|lawyer]] acts not on {{sex|her}} clients’ behalf, but on their ''[[behalves]]'' — and those individual behalf may conflict. | But the [[Mediocre lawyer|lawyer]] in ''me'' thinks - is that so? A [[Mediocre lawyer|lawyer]] acts not on {{sex|her}} clients’ behalf, but on their ''[[behalves]]'' — and those individual behalf may conflict. | ||
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