legal instrument
Official signed agreement
A legal instrument is a formal written document that creates, confirms, or records a legal right or obligation.
Contracts, deeds, wills, mortgages, and court orders are all legal instruments.
The term emphasizes the document's function as a tool for establishing legally binding relationships: The parties executed the legal instrument before a notary.
- titleFormal honorific or name
- deedWritten property conveyance
- deed of trustLoan collateral agreement for property
- charterFounding organizational document
- articles of incorporationDocuments legally creating a corporation
contract · binding contract · statute · ordinance · license · regulation · certificate · notarized document · agreement · promissory note · warrant · deposition · power of attorney · subpoena · lease · affidavit · bill of lading · trust deed
legal instrumenthandshake deal
Unwritten mutual commitment
gentleman's agreement · verbal agreement · oral contract · tacit agreement · word of honor