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Legal document

noun

(law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right. Synonyms: instrument, legal instrument, official document.

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"Legal document" Quotes from Famous Books

... information furnished by the Navy Department, the press of Christiania, then that of Norway, Sweden, and finally all Europe, gradually got hold of this story of a lottery ticket transformed into an important legal document. There was something very touching about this gift from a shipwrecked mariner to ...

— Ticket No. "9672" • Jules Verne

... Every legal document must be drawn up on paper containing a revenue stamp, engraved and printed in Spain, and every note, check, draft, bill of exchange, receipt or similar document must bear a revenue stamp in order to be valid. These stamps and stamped paper yielded a revenue ...

— The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, • Murat Halstead

... compliments and your message in a note; and let it be daintily worded; not in heavy phrases, like a legal document." ...

— After the Storm • T. S. Arthur

... Lamotte and acknowledging the payment to her by Derues of 100,000 livres, which he had borrowed for that purpose from an advocate of the name of Duclos. As a fact the loan from Duclos to Derues was fictitious. A legal document proving the loan had been drawn up, but the cash which the notary had demanded to see before executing the document had been borrowed for a few hours. Duclos, a provincial advocate, had acted in good faith, in having been represented to him that such fictitious transactions were frequently ...

— A Book of Remarkable Criminals • H. B. Irving

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