legal instruments
Contracts and deeds
Legal instruments are formal written documents that create, modify, or terminate legal rights and obligations.
The category includes contracts, deeds, wills, trusts, bonds, and court orders.
Each instrument serves a specific function: a deed transfers property, a will distributes an estate, a bond secures a financial obligation.
The attorney prepared all the necessary legal instruments for the merger.
- codicilWill modification document
- last will and testamentDocument directing posthumous asset distribution
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- affidavitSworn written statement
statute · trust deed · memorandum of understanding · living will · agreement · promissory note · court order · court summons · cease and desist · treaty · deed · healthcare proxy · writ · will · title certificate · debenture · articles of incorporation · charter
legal instrumentsinformal agreements
Unwritten mutual understandings
handshake deals · gentleman's agreements · personal letters · text messages · memoranda
legal instrumentspersonal correspondence
Direct written communication between individuals
private letters · diary entries · journal entries · chitchat · small talk