legal weight

Language: en

📖 Definitions

  1. The quality of being legally binding, enforceable, or having official authority under the law.; The degree of importance, credibility, or influence assigned to evidence, testimony, or an argument in a legal proceeding.

💬 Examples

  1. Unlike previous voluntary guidelines, these new protocols carry legal weight and enforceable penalties.

  2. The judge decided that the witness's testimony carried very little legal weight.