"demand letter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: demand letters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} demand letter (plural demand letters)
  1. (law) A letter stating a legal claim, usually drafted by a lawyer, issuing a demand for restitution or performance of some obligation. Categories (topical): Law, Literary genres Translations (Letter usually by a lawyer to liquidate a claim): vaatimuskirjelmä (Finnish), Anspruchschreiben [neuter] (German), письмо́-тре́бование (pisʹmó-trébovanije) [neuter] (Russian), carta de reclamación [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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