enforceability
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6.5
- noun
- /ɪnˌfɔrsəˈbɪlɪti/
- Specialized
:
ejecutabilidad
- The court ruled on the enforceability of the contract after reviewing the evidence.
- contract enforceability
- enforceability of the agreement
- questions of enforceability
Examples
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Brazil's rural credit crisis in 1995 demonstrated the country's serious problems of contract enforceability.
Academic text (1998) -
But, in most jurisdictions, Scott points out, the enforceability of such agreements is open to serious doubt.
Academic text (1996) -
Some of the above issues address the topic of contract enforceability, but there are several other dimensions to this problem.
Academic text (1998) -
The current context of enforceability must be examined as it stands in both countries.
Academic text (1991) -
The effectiveness and enforceability of such an arrangement may be a problem, however.
Academic text (1998) -
If a promise is not commodified, then this is a strong reason against its enforceability in contract law.
Academic text (2018) -
Part IV focuses on the legal issues affecting the enforceability of development agreements.
Academic text (2001) -
To most American lawyers, the creation of constitutionally protected social rights raises problems of enforceability.
Academic text (1991) -
The fourth element of the Kirtland's warbler CMA is the enforceability of the agreement.
Academic text (2012) -
CCP also recommends reforming the doctrine of consideration from a formal requirement of enforceability, as it is often understood, to a presumption of enforceability.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
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4.9
Legal force that makes a document or agreement binding
How strongly a law, rule and moral duty must be followed
How acceptable and effective something is under the law
How easy it is to carry out a plan or action
Antonyms
- Formal
A situation in which the law cannot make people follow a rule or contract
How Enforceable
- Specialized
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6.5
- Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
enforceability = enforceable (transparent) = en + force + able + ity
The noun is a regular -ity nominalization of the adjective 'enforceable', preserving its meaning.
Etymology
Enforceability breaks into en- 'put into', force 'strength or power', and -ability 'can'. So enforceability means whether a rule or law 'can' be made to work by using power or official action.