affidavit
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a legal document containing a written promise that something is true
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an addition that makes changes to a will (=a legal document saying who gets your money and property when you die)
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a written legal agreement between two people or businesses that says what each must do for the other or give to the other
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a document that shows that the person who has just bought a property is now its legal owner
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a legal agreement between two people, for example one relating to a house, land, or property
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an official document that gives details of a legal agreement, especially about who owns a building or piece of land
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a statement in a contract that allows you to avoid doing something that the contract is intended to make you do
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money, property, or a legal document that is kept by someone until a particular thing has happened
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a legal document that comes with a software product and states how you can use the software and how many people are allowed to use it
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a legal document in which you state the decisions about your medical treatment that you want other people to make, to be used if you become too sick to make those decisions yourself
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an official document that gives someone who has invented something the legal right to make or sell that invention for a particular period of time, and prevents anyone else from doing so
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a contract with a company to keep equipment working correctly, at an agreed price during a fixed period of time
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an official legal document that says you must come to a court of law to give information
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the conditions of a legal, business, or financial agreement that the people making it accept
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an official statement or document that says a right, claim, or law can be officially ignored or given up
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a legal document that explains what you want to happen to your money and possessions after you die. This is often more formally called a last will and testament
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