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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Thanks to Dictionary.com's Word of the Day, I'm starting to wonder whether I and every lawyer I've ever met have been using "inure" incorrectly. Of course, it never gets used except in the phrase "inures to the detriment of the plaintiff," in which phrase it's pretty meaningless anyway. When you file a complaint, the average reader will safely assume that you're complaining that something or someone is giving you some cause to complain.
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They must be repeating themselves:
Dec. 20, 1999, WOTD
It does seem incorrectly used. In an "obviates the need for" kind of way.
