"legal effect" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: legal effects [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} legal effect (plural legal effects)

Inflected forms

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        "A particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state or course of things."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "legal consequence"
        },
        {
          "word": "legal effect and consequence"
        }
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        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fǎlǜ xiàolì",
          "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
          "word": "法律效力"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "rechtsgevolg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "effet juridique"
        },
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
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        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
          "word": "joghatás"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
          "word": "jogkövetkezmény"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "effetto giuridico"
        },
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "skutek prawny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pravovóje poslédstvije",
          "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "правово́е после́дствие"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pravna posledica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "efecto jurídico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
          "word": "rättslig verkan"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "16 CFR § 698.2",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "The condition of having any influence on the legal state of things, of being legally in force."
      ],
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          "word": "legal force"
        }
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    }
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        "A particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state or course of things."
      ],
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          "state",
          "state"
        ],
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          "right",
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      ],
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎlǜ xiàolì",
      "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
      "word": "法律效力"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rechtsgevolg"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
      "word": "oikeusvaikutus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "effet juridique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rechtsfolge"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rechtswirkung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
      "word": "joghatás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
      "word": "jogkövetkezmény"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "effetto giuridico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skutek prawny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pravovóje poslédstvije",
      "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "правово́е после́дствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pravna posledica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pravna posljedica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "efecto jurídico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state of things",
      "word": "rättslig verkan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "legal effect"
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