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At best, it seems archaic and redundant. At worst, it's someone trying
to use legalese to make himself look educated.<br>
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I've heard "meet" before in this meaning, but not in this
combination--at least, not outside of wills or judicial opinions, and,
even there, the expression is not particularly current.<br>
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VS-)<br>
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Alison Murie wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On p.79, "I am a historian of financial fraud and financial
bubbles ...
and would suggest that it might be _meet and proper_ for you to have
one individual present who can put the entire Madoff matter into
historical perspective.<small></small>"<br>
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What's at issue here? "Meet & proper" sounds okay to me: redundant,
of course, but a known expression.
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