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legal instrument

legal instrument noun: any formal written document that records and expresses a legally enforceable act, process, or contractual duty, obligation, or right, and therefore evidences that act, process, or agreement.

Noun

legal instrument (plural legal instruments)

  1. Any formal written document that records and expresses a legally enforceable act, process, or contractual duty, obligation, or right, and therefore evidences that act, process, or agreement.

Forms of legal instrument

plurallegal instruments

Questions about legal instrument

What does legal instrument mean?
Legal instrument means any formal written document that records and expresses a legally enforceable act, process, or contractual duty, obligation, or right, and therefore evidences that act, process, or agreement.
What part of speech is legal instrument?
Legal instrument is a noun.
What is the plural of legal instrument?
The plural of legal instrument is legal instruments.

Words near legal instrument in the dictionary

  1. legal highs
  2. legal hold
  3. legal holds
  4. legal holiday
  5. legal holidays
  6. legal instrument
  7. legal interest
  8. legal name
  9. legal names
  10. legal notice
  11. legal notices

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