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legal effect

legal effect noun: a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state or course of things.

Noun

legal effect (plural legal effects)

  1. A particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state or course of things.
  2. The condition of having any influence on the legal state of things, of being legally in force.
    • 16 CFR § 698.2
    Synonyms:
    legal force

Synonyms of legal effect

Forms of legal effect

plurallegal effects

Questions about legal effect

What does legal effect mean?
Legal effect means a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state or course of things.
What part of speech is legal effect?
Legal effect is a noun.
What is the plural of legal effect?
The plural of legal effect is legal effects.

Words near legal effect in the dictionary

  1. legal doublets
  2. legal duties
  3. legal duty
  4. legal eagle
  5. legal eagles
  6. legal effect
  7. legal effect and consequence
  8. legal effects
  9. legal effects and consequences
  10. legal entities
  11. legal entity

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