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| agreement |
a legally binding contract, compact, or covenant, or the document that represents it. [1/5 definitions] |
| bibliophile |
a lover or collector of books, esp. for the fine or rare physical qualities of their paper, printing, binding, or the like. |
| bind |
the act of binding or state of being bound. [1/13 definitions] |
| black and white |
print or writing considered as documentary evidence or binding proof. [1/2 definitions] |
| bonded |
subject to a binding promise to pay, as monetary debt. [1/3 definitions] |
| bookbinding |
the process, art, or practice of binding books. |
| bound1 |
having a cover or binding. [1/4 definitions] |
| break off |
to terminate or discontinue (something previously binding). [1/4 definitions] |
| buckram |
a stiff cotton fabric used esp. in the binding of books and in the lining of some clothes. [1/2 definitions] |
| chain |
a series of connected links, usu. made of metal, used for attaching, pulling, binding, or ornamentation. [1/9 definitions] |
| concurrent resolution |
a resolution passed by both houses of a bicameral legislative body that is not legally binding and does not require the chief executive's signature. |
| contract |
an agreement, usu. legally binding, entered into by two or more parties that specifies what each party will do or not do. [1/8 definitions] |
| cord |
a binding, restraining, or restrictive force. [1/8 definitions] |
| custom |
in law, such traditional practices of a social group regarded as legally binding because of long usage. [1/8 definitions] |
| dust jacket |
a paper cover to protect a book's binding. [1/2 definitions] |
| fealty |
the loyalty pledged by a vassal to a feudal lord and considered as binding. [1/2 definitions] |
| gentlemen's agreement |
an unwritten agreement that is binding through the parties' pledge of honor but not enforceable by law. [1/2 definitions] |
| lashing2 |
the action of binding, as with a rope, or the material used to do this. |
| ligature |
a binding or tying of any sort. [1/4 definitions] |
| natural law |
a law or body of laws considered to be inherent in nature, right reason, or religion, and believed to be morally binding on human actions. [1/2 definitions] |
| nonbinding |
combined form of binding. |
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