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the Respondent respectfully submits

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C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A deferential arbitration formula introducing the responding party's argument to the Tribunal.

The Respondent respectfully submits that the Tribunal lacks jurisdiction over the additional claims.

Topic: Legal register & letters in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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