The hereafter is sometimes used to refer to the time after you have died, or to the life which some people believe you have after you have died. belief in the hereafter. Hereafter is also an adjective. the life hereafter. the hereafter a life after death
In legal documents and in written English, hereafter is used to introduce information about an abbreviation that will be used in the rest of the text to refer to the person or thing just mentioned. Michel Foucault , The Archaeology of Knowledge; hereafter this text will be abbreviated as AK
following this in time or order or place; after this; "hereafter you will no longer receive an allowance"
following this in time or order or place; after this; "hereafter you will no longer receive an allowance" in a future life or state; "hope to win salvation hereafter
in a subsequent part of this document or statement or matter etc ; "the landlord demises unto the tenant the premises hereinafter called the demised premises"; "the terms specified hereunder"