legal text
Binding written provisions
Legal text is written material with binding legal force or formal legal purpose—statutes, contracts, court opinions, regulations, deeds.
The term often carries a connotation of dense, technical language: I couldn't make sense of the legal text without a lawyer.
Legal texts are drafted with precision intended to minimize ambiguity, though critics argue this produces the opposite effect.
- statuteEnacted written rule
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- binding agreementEnforceable mutual commitment
- terms and conditionsContractual requirements and rules
- clauseProvision in agreement
provision · boilerplate language · brief · cease and desist · power of attorney · document · binding · court · lawyer · pro bono · jargon · fine print · litigation · amendment · ordinance · court order · jurisdiction · precedent
- label termsbrand name, logo, ABV, alcohol content, country of origin
- cuneiformcuneiform, cuneiform script, clay tablet, stylus, clay tablets
- Hebrew textsTorah scroll, Torah scrolls, Tanakh, Dead Sea Scrolls, Hebrew Bible
- writingwriting, drafting, authors, author, books
- hieroglyphicshieroglyphics, hieroglyphs, hieroglyph, glyph, glyphs
- legal codescode, codes, statute, statutes, law code
legal textslang
Informal in-group vocabulary
text message · stream of consciousness · social media post · diary entry · personal letter
legal textgentleman's agreement
Informal pact based on trust
advisory · recommendation · opinion piece · fiction · creative writing
legal textplain language
Easily understood communication
plain English · layman's terms · everyday language · clear communication · children's literature
legal, text, legally, legality, legalize, legalization, illegal, illegally, illegality