Legal Document

A Legal Document is a domain-specific document from a legal domain.

• Context:
  • It can (typically) contain Legal Document Content, such as legal clauses, etc.
  • It can (often) be written in Legalese.
  • ...
  • It can range from being an English Legal Document, Japanese Legal Document, ..., based on the document language.
  • It can range from being Standardized Legal Document to being a Bespoke Legal Document.
  • It can range from being a Plain Legal Document to being an Annotated Legal Document.
  • ...
  • It can be prepared by a Legal Document Preparation Task.
  • It can be proofread by a Legal Document Proofreading System.
  • It can be a part of a Legal Corpus.
  • It can be subject to strict Regulatory Compliance depending on its nature and the jurisdictions involved.
  • ...
• Examples:
  • Legal Agreement Document Types, such as:
    • Legal Contract Documents, such as:
      • Employment Agreement outlining employer obligations and employee rights.
      • Service Contract defining service provision and performance requirements.
      • Licensing Agreement establishing intellectual property usage terms.
    • Business Formation Documents, such as:
      • Partnership Agreement defining partner relationships and profit sharing.
      • Corporate Bylaws establishing governance structure and operational rules.
      • Operating Agreement specifying management responsibilitys.
  • Legal Proceeding Document Types, such as:
    • Court Filing Documents, such as:
      • Legal Complaint initiating legal actions and stating legal claims.
      • Legal Answer responding to complaint allegations.
      • Legal Motion requesting specific court actions.
    • Legal Evidence Documents, such as:
      • Legal Affidavit providing sworn statements.
      • Expert Declaration offering expert testimony.
      • Witness Statement recording witness accounts.
  • Property Law Document Types, such as:
    • Real Estate Documents, such as:
      • Property Deed transferring property ownership.
      • Lease Agreement establishing tenant rights and landlord obligations.
      • Mortgage Document securing property loans.
    • Estate Planning Documents, such as:
      • Legal Will directing asset distribution.
      • Living Trust managing property transfers.
      • Power of Attorney granting legal authority.
  • Regulatory Document Types, such as:
    • Government Filing Documents, such as:
      • Patent Application protecting invention rights.
      • Trademark Registration securing brand protection.
      • Securities Filing disclosing company information.
    • Compliance Documents, such as:
      • Privacy Policy governing data handling.
      • Terms of Service establishing usage terms.
      • Regulatory Report demonstrating compliance status.
  • Legal Communication Document Types, such as:
    • Legal Notice Documents, such as:
      • Cease and Desist Letter demanding action cessation.
      • Demand Letter requesting specific legal actions.
      • Eviction Notice terminating property occupancy.
    • Legal Advisory Documents, such as:
      • Legal Memorandum analyzing legal issues.
      • Legal Opinion providing legal guidance.
      • Legal Advisory offering legal recommendations.
  • Constitutional and Legislative Document Types, such as:
    • Fundamental Law Documents, such as:
      • National Constitution establishing governmental framework.
      • Constitutional Amendment modifying constitutional provisions.
      • Charter Document defining organizational structures.
    • Legislative Documents, such as:
      • Statutory Law enacting legal requirements.
      • Legislative Bill proposing new laws.
      • Legislative Resolution expressing legislative intent.
  • Legal Educational Document Types, such as:
    • Legal Reference Documents, such as:
      • Legal Textbook explaining legal principles.
      • Legal Practice Guide providing procedural guidance.
      • Legal Commentary analyzing legal developments.
    • Legal Training Documents, such as:
      • Legal Procedure Manual detailing legal processes.
      • Legal Compliance Guide explaining compliance requirements.
      • Legal Research Guide teaching legal research methods.
  • ...
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Technical Document, such as an engineering specification, which are specific to technical domains rather than legal.
    • Biomedical Texts.
    • Academic Papers, such as a Computer Science research paper.
  • News Articles.
• See: Notarized Document, Evidence.

---

---

References

2005

• (Biagioli et al., 2005) ⇒ C. Biagioli, E. Francesconi, Andrea Passerini, S. Montemagni, and C. Soria. (2005). “Automatic Semantics Extraction In Law Documents." In: Proceedings Of The Tenth International Conference On Artificial Intelligence and Law. (ICAIL 2005)
  • QUOTE: ... The legal system usually suffers from scarce transparency which is caused by a non-systematic organization of the legal order. Law, in fact, is a normative and documentary unit of reference, hence the inability to obtain an analytical/systematic vision of a legal order itself, allowing to query a legal information system according to the content of each norm. This necessarily creates obstacles to the knowledge and upkeep of the legal order: from the uncertainty of the impact of new laws on the legal order in terms of coherency preservation, to the difficulties in norm accessing by both citizens and legal experts. ...

---