hereafter, adv. 1. From now on; henceforth (because of the highway construction, she will hereafter take the bus to work). 2. At some future time (the court will hereafter issue a ruling on the gun’s admissibility). 3. HEREINAFTER (the exhibits hereafter referred to as Exhibit A and Exhibit B).
thereafter clause 后续条款 通常在石油或天然气开采租赁合同中出现的一种条款，指只要石油或天然气仍在产出，即使原订租赁合同期限已经届满，承租人仍可依此条款继续开采。
fixed-term lease. Oil & gas. An oil-and-gas lease for a fixed period of time, lacking the indefinite “so long thereafter” provision commonly found in such leases. Cf. HABENDUM CLAUSE.
habendum clause (h[schwa]-ben-d[schwa]m). 1. The part of an instrument, such as a deed or will, that defines the extent of the interest being granted and any conditions affecting the grant. • The introductory words to the clause are ordinarily to have and to hold. — Also termed to-have-and-to-hold clause. [Cases: Deeds 120. C.J.S. Deeds §§
quaestio perpetua (kwes-chee-oh-neez p[schwa]r-pech-oo-ee). [Latin “perpetual inquiry”] Roman law. A permanent commission to hear criminal cases; specif., a standing jury court created by statute to try and pass sentence on particular crimes. Pl. quaestiones perpetuae. “Then in 149 the lex Calpurnia was passed, concerned not only with reparation but also punishment; it established a permanent
Land that, because of its boggy, marshy, fenlike character, is unfit for cultivation, requiring drainage or reclamation to render it available for beneficial use. • Such lands were granted out of the U.S. public domain to the littoral states by acts of Congress in 1850 and thereafter.43 USCA §§ 981 et seq. [Cases: Public Lands
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paying quantities. Oil & gas. An amount of mineral production from a single well sufficient to justify a reasonably prudent operator to continue producing from that well. • Most jurisdictions interpret the language “for so long thereafter as oil and gas is produced” in habendum clauses to mean so long as paying quantities are produced.