Thereupon
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
An adverb signifying immediately, at once, without delay, and it is in that sense that it would ordinarily be understood. 23 111. App. 618.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Without delay or lapse of time. Putnam v. Langley, 133 Mass. 205. See Hill v. Wand, 47 Kan. 340, 27 Pac. 9S8, 27 Am. St Rep. 2S8. Immediately. 6 M. & W. 492. See 3 Q. B. 79, where the terms thereupon and thereby are distinguished.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
Without delay or lapse of time; as, in a minute that a committee, having made its announcement, a motion was " thereupon made " and carried. 5 In a declaration, was taken to mean " in consideration thereof," where the context seemed to require it."