LEGAL INSTRUMENT Synonyms

• the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises

• compatibility of observations

• harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters

• the thing arranged or agreed to

• the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations

• the verbal act of agreeing

• the thing arranged or agreed to

• an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging

• an organized structure for arranging or classifying

• the spatial property of the way in which something is placed

• a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments

• the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music

• a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts

• a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends

• present someone with a certificate

• authorize by certificate

• a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

• (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

• a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid

• enter into a contractual arrangement

• engage by written agreement

• squeeze or press together

• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

• become smaller or draw together

• make smaller

• compress or concentrate

• make or become more narrow or restricted

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it

• something that people do or cause to happen

• writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

• anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks

• a written account of ownership or obligation

• (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters

• record in detail

• support or supply with references

• a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)

• formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt

• a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term

• the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line

• bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant

• a written agreement between two states or sovereigns

• a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses

• an essay (especially one written as an assignment)

• a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements

• a medium for written communication

• a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses

• a business firm that publishes newspapers

• the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher

• cover with paper

• cover with wallpaper

• a written agreement between two states or sovereigns

• (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right

• (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right