legal instrument
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈliːɡəl ˈɪnstrəmənt/
- Formal
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instrumento legal
- A legal instrument is required to formalize the agreement between the two parties.
- international legal instrument
- legal instrument or protocol
Because that before this, it wasn't clear whether we would share armaments with allies, wasn't clear what kinds of legal instruments could be used.
- Because that before this, it wasn't clear whether we would share armaments with allies, wasn't clear what kinds of legal instruments could be used.
Examples
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The lawyer presented a legal instrument to prove the validity of the client's claim.
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Congress enacted the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act (FGCAA) in 1977 to guide federal agencies in selecting the appropriate legal instrument when obligating federal funds.
Academic text (2017) -
The European Union has three legal instruments for fighting public and private sector corruption.
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Once again, there are legal instruments for some of the global commons, but not for all.
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Additionally, the potential of these organizations is based largely on the implementation of legal instruments.
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In this context, three PLO legal instruments are of particular relevance to this study:
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The preamble recognizes the "intrinsic value of biological diversity," a first for this type of international legal instrument.
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Additionally, these cases may illustrate areas where the existing legal instruments need strengthening and thereby galvanize advocates to work toward achieving that goal.
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Consequently, it can be said that, on this issue, Vietnamese criminal procedure law does not fulfill the requirements of UN legal instruments governing juvenile offenders' right to defense.
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Even before legal instruments like UNCLOS were developed, special international institutions were created to affect multilateral cooperation over shared-use marine resources.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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8.3
A legal document that records an agreement or gives a right
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3.1
An official paper that records an agreement, right, or contract
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2.7
A document that writes down what two or more people agree to
How Binding
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a formal written document that establishes legal rights' is directly and compositionally derived from 'legal' (pertaining to law) + 'instrument' (a formal document/means), forming a straightforward noun phrase. This collocation and disambiguation (legal restricting 'instrument' to the document sense) is cross-linguistically common and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Legal instrument uses instrument to mean a 'tool' for the law. Imagine a piece of paper that acts like a tool to make an agreement or a right official. So it means 'a formal written document that creates a legal right'.