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	{{pe}}“[[With respect to]]” (aka “[[in respect of]]”) is a {{tag\|~~prepositional phrase~~}}, like “[[in relation to]]” or “[[in connection with]]” that puts two things loosely in connection with each other, without implying a causal link between them. It’s — literally — a ''meta''preposition. Very meta.		{{pe}}“[[With respect to]]” (aka “[[in respect of]]”) is a {{tag\|compound preposition}}, like “[[in relation to]]” or “[[in connection with]]” that puts two things loosely in connection with each other, without implying a causal link between them. It’s — literally — a ''meta''preposition. Very meta.

	A good one to use if your [[Mediocre lawyer\|natural fear of your own language]] cautions you against stronger, less mealy-mouthed [[preposition\|prepositions]], that ''do'' imply a causal link between subject and object, like “in”, “[[under]]”, “[[arising out of]]” or “from”. If you use one of these, there is always the chance — [[Chicken-licken\|the sky might fall in on your head]], of course — that you might have missed something.		A good one to use if your [[Mediocre lawyer\|natural fear of your own language]] cautions you against stronger, less mealy-mouthed [[preposition\|prepositions]], that ''do'' imply a causal link between subject and object, like “in”, “[[under]]”, “[[arising out of]]” or “from”. If you use one of these, there is always the chance — [[Chicken-licken\|the sky might fall in on your head]], of course — that you might have missed something.