A British legal abbreviation for 'otherwise,' used in legal documents, statutes, and court proceedings as a contracted written form. Typically found in legal shorthand and older printed law reports rather than in spoken legal language. It reflects the long tradition in British legal writing of abbreviating common Latin-derived terms and connective words. Outside of formal legal documents and case citations, 'orse' is not used in everyday speech or general writing.
The contract specified that the tenant would be liable for repairs 'orse agreed in writing by both parties.'
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(legal, British) otherwise.
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(legal, British) otherwise.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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