法ほう的てき拘こう束そく力りょく

noun

legal binding force; legally binding power

Formal legal term referring to the enforceable power of a law, contract, or agreement.

• この契けい約やくには法ほう的てき拘こう束そく力りょくがある。

  This contract has legal binding force.

• その合ごう意いは法ほう的てき拘こう束そく力りょくを持もたない。

  That agreement does not have legally binding power.