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A cretinous expression that means simply “until”, because “until” ''implies'' “unless”. Inevitably couched as a [[double negative]], you may see, from the nib of a {{lawyer|fastidious wordsmith}}: | A cretinous expression that means simply “until”, because “until” ''implies'' “unless”. Inevitably couched as a [[double negative]], you may see, from the nib of a {{lawyer|fastidious wordsmith}}: | ||
“''Party A [[shall]] not be [[obligated]] to do any such thing [[unless and until]] state of affairs X [[shall have | “''Party A [[shall]] not be [[obligated]] to do any such thing [[unless and until]] state of affairs X [[shall have]] occurred.” | ||
*“[[Until]] X” means “[[at any time]] up to the point at which X happens”. | *“[[Until]] X” means “[[at any time]] up to the point at which X happens”. | ||