Tops on your list well, my list, at least is to wit. Because it s stupid, that s why. You may not want to rely upon my assertion as binding authority. Good thinking on your part. But give some thought to the phrase, and consider a rather more learned commentator.
Few things sound as lawyerly as the phrase to wit .
A colon or comma would serve as well. Tiersma quotes David Melinkoff, a real biggie when it comes to legal language authorities, as declaring the phrase worthless. A couple days later, still feeling smug, I happened to skim my form separation agreement. In the beginning of it, in the Whereas section itself more than just a bit old-fashioned was the offending phrase. Harry Husband and Wanda Wife, about to live separate and apart, had X children, to wit . . . .