legal document
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈliːɡəl ˈdɒkjʊmənt/
- Formal
- The lawyer handed me a legal document that outlined the terms of our partnership.
- written legal document
- legal document that describes
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Watch on YouTubeThat back end, I promise you in a standard legal document is going to be governed by, quote, best efforts, a best efforts clause.
- That back end, I promise you in a standard legal document is going to be governed by, quote, best efforts, a best efforts clause.
- He says, James, you put legal, I said it's legal, a document, a legal document and then they can't touch it.
- So it has thousands and thousands of, of legal documents, uh, pages of, of documentation and so on.
- The way that like a legal document needs to sound like it all came, a decree came from one person and that had their act together.
Examples
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Before signing any agreement, make sure you fully understand the legal document in front of you.
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Such applications are legal documents typically drafted by a patent attorney working closely with the inventors.
Academic text (1995) -
Five other legal documents were found with the transcript of his trial.
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Before I represent you, I'm gonna need you to sign these legal documents.
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So far as I know, he never appeared in court or handled a legal document.
Fiction book (2002) -
The employers wanted very specific workplace experience handling legal documents, rules, and issues of interest to them.
Blog text (19) -
And so there will be a legal document that specifies how these options work.
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Patient notes are a legal document, and it helps if they are legible.
Academic text (2012) -
I know there is the problem of enforcement, but a legal document can be constructed that is enforceable.
Academic text (1999) -
Kate is at the counter, her back to him, poring over some legal documents.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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2.8
A written agreement between people or companies that the law can enforce
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1.9
Official documents that show who you are or give legal information
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5.8
A signed paper that shows who owns land or a house
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8.3
A legal document that records an agreement or gives a right
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3.3
A record issued by an authority that shows a legal agreement or gives a right
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2.7
A document that writes down what two or more people agree to
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6.1
A formal written document that creates a legal right or agreement
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an official paper pertaining to law' is directly and compositionally derived from 'legal' (relating to law) plus 'document' (an official written item). This adjective+noun pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Legal document comes from two parts: legal, meaning 'about law', and document, a word for a paper that 'shows' or 'proves' something. Long ago people used such papers to show who had rights or who agreed to something, so a legal document is a paper that records an agreement or a right.