The formal statement or setting forth of some matter of fact , in any deed or writing, in order to explain the reasons upon which the transaction is founded. The recitals are situated in the premises of a deed, that is, in that part of a deed between the date and the habendum, and they usually commence with the formal word “whereas.” Brown. The formal preliminary statement in a deed or other instrument , of such deeds, agreements, or matters of fact as are necessary to explain the reasons upon which the transaction is founded. 2 Bl. Comm. 298. In pleading. The statement of matter as introductory to some positive allegation , beginning in declarations with the words, ” For that whereas .” Steph. PI. 38S, 389.
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