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Old June 14, 2011, 05:10 AM
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Future perfect subjunctive

Obscure or non-existent?

Could somebody provide me with an example sentence in Spanish where the future perfect subjunctive is used?

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Old June 14, 2011, 05:55 AM
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It is arcaic and not used, although there are still some evidences in legal language and old literary texts. For instance:

La denuncia de quien tuviere ese conocimiento será siempre un hecho probatorio a tener en cuenta,... (art. 75 L. de Seguridad Vial).

We would use imperfect ("quien tuviera").

Some branches of legal language are trying to avoid this tense in legal texts.
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Old June 14, 2011, 06:18 AM
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Podrá ser candidato el que haya residido en el distrito por dos años (quien resida desde antes del 14 de junio de 2009)

Podrá ser candidato quien hubiere residido en el distrito por dos años (quien resida desde antes del 14 de junio de 2011, o en realidad, desde el día de la sanción de la norma)

"quien hubiere [hecho] [esto] estará habilitado para [hacer] [lo otro]"

Un recreación en "legalesco": «Cometerá homicidio el que matare ... se lo considerará agravado si lo hubiere cometido con el fin de evitar su identificación o detención»

Laws and contracts must be unambiguous and "el que haya residido" is a nominalized adjective without a date in it, while "quien hubiere residido" is a nominalized adjective with the seed of a precise date in the future when the right or obligation would be originated. "Legalese" had to retain this usage to avoid loopholes and technicalities.
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Old June 14, 2011, 08:02 AM
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Ah yes - now why didn't I think of such constructions? Thanks both
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