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instrument

instrument

27 8.3
A legal document that records an agreement or gives a right
  • noun
  • /ˈɪnstrəmənt/
  • Formal
: instrumento jurídico
  • Even without having been recorded as a legal instrument, it entailed analogous conceptual inventiveness and rigor.
  • a legal instrument
  • financial instruments

Well, the will as instrument is always the same thing.

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Examples

  • The International Physical Activity Questionnaire is a valid and reliable instrument used for monitoring physical activity and inactivity.

    Academic text (2015)
  • And people will think that the deed of trust is their ownership instrument, and it's not.

  • Well, the will as instrument is always the same thing.

  • Appropriate changes were made to the instrument based on the feedback from the pilot test group.

    Academic text (2008)
  • So contracts sometimes bind us in so far as they are instruments of mutual benefit.

  • The researcher collected the completed instruments from the participants after they were given enough time to respond.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The first and most fundamental is the nation-state, which remains the primary instrument of international relations.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Huang addressed the content validity of the revised instrument for use with public school principals.

    Academic text (1999)
  • I, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov, Emperor of Russia, do hereby declare my irrevocable determination to renounce the throne for myself and my descendants through this instrument of abdication...

  • The lawyer prepared the instrument that outlined the terms of the contract.

Synonyms

document
vsinstrument
∞ 2.0

A paper or electronic file that gives official information

is narrower, applying only to formal legal records that create rights
legal document
vsinstrument
  • Formal
21 3.1

An official paper that records an agreement, right, or contract

is the more technical term used in law rather than general paperwork
official document
vsinstrument
  • Formal
10 3.3

A record issued by an authority that shows a legal agreement or gives a right

is focused on legal formality rather than on issuing authority alone
legal instrument
vsinstrument
  • Formal
1 6.1

A formal written document that creates a legal right or agreement

is the specific legal term for this formal written paper

Compounds

A thing like a piano or guitar that you play to make music

stringed instrument
  • Specialized
6 2.9

A musical instrument that makes sound when its strings are played, like a guitar or violin

A flat panel with dials and lights that shows condition and helps control a vehicle or machine

Tool like a microscope used to study or measure things

surgical instrument
  • Specialized
4 3.8

A tool a surgeon uses during an operation to cut, hold, or move body tissue

A thing you hit, shake, or scrape to make sound in music

A tool doctors use to check, treat, or operate on patients

A tool made to cause severe pain to punish or force someone

debt instrument
  • Specialized
2 6.1

A document or digital record, like a bond, that shows someone owes money and when they must pay it back

An instrument that makes sound when you blow air through it, like a flute or trumpet

A rough, not precise way to solve a problem that often causes harm

brass instrument
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A musical instrument played by blowing and making your lips buzz on a metal mouthpiece, like a trumpet or trombone

A tool that measures things like size or weight

derivative instrument
  • Specialized
1 8.7

A financial product whose value comes from something like a stock or bond

A musical instrument that makes sound using electricity

1 6.1

A formal written document that creates a legal right or agreement

A musical instrument that makes sound when you blow air, often using a reed, like a clarinet or oboe

1 4.1

A tool that shows you direction or position to help you find your way, for example a compass

An instrument that makes sound when a reed vibrates, like a clarinet or saxophone

optical instrument
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A device with lenses or mirrors that helps you see things clearly

negotiable instrument
  • Specialized
1 8.0

A written paper that promises payment of a certain amount to a named person or the holder when due

instrument landing
  • Specialized
1 6.2

To land a plane using only instruments when the pilot cannot see the runway

surveying instrument
  • Specialized
1 5.1

A tool that measures distance, angles, and height to map land

A device used to punish people for crimes

A musical instrument you play by hitting, shaking, or scraping, like a drum

instrument flying
  • Specialized
1 6.7

To fly a plane using only instruments without seeing the ground or horizon

A device that makes musical sounds using electricity, like a synthesizer or keyboard

A musical machine with keys you press to make notes, like a piano or organ

drafting instrument
  • Specialized
1 4.9

A tool that helps make exact drawings like plans or blueprints

A way for electronic instruments and computers to send musical data to each other

free-reed instrument
  • Specialized
1 7.9

A wind instrument that makes sound when air moves a thin reed, like an accordion or harmonica

The act of signing a legal document so it becomes legally binding

commercial instrument
  • Specialized
1 6.9

A legal document that businesses use to make or record payments

1 5.0

A musical instrument that makes sound with two reeds, like an oboe or bassoon

1 9.8

A formal contract with a wax or raised mark that shows it is real

A string instrument played with a bow, like a violin

A tool used by the state to put a person to death

surveyor's instrument
  • Specialized
1 5.8

A device that measures and maps land, buildings, or boundaries

1 9.9

A telescope set east–west to record the exact time a star crosses the north–south line in the sky

A musical instrument that makes sound when a thin piece of wood or cane vibrates as you blow

7.4

A rocket that flies to check equipment and systems

A device that measures the time difference between two events very precisely

A musical instrument like a clarinet or saxophone that makes sound when air passes one reed

How Formal

deed
  • Formal
58 5.8
instrument
  • Formal
27 8.3
contract
∞ 2.8
agreement
  • Formal
∞ 1.4
note
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

instrument singular
instruments plural

Etymology

Instrument comes from the Latin instrumentum, from instruere meaning 'to prepare' or 'equip'. So a legal instrument is a written 'tool' that records rights or agreements and makes them official.