Give plain-language substitutes: pursuant to, in the event that, prior to, at the present time, make a determination, null and void.3.

Definition (working):Plain language is communication whose wording, structure and designallow its intended readers to find, understand and act on the message at first reading — without alawyer on their shoulder.The movement's founding ideas (following Asprey's Plain Language for Lawyers):1. Reader-centred, not writer-centred: measure the writing by the reader's comprehension, not the writer's effort.2. Whole-document: it is not just small words — it is words + structure + design working together.3. Legal accuracy is not sacrificed: plain drafting says the same thing, better; the precision tools of the trade (notwithstanding, provided that, indemnity) stay when nothing plainer does the job.