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Enforceable

Meaning in contract & commercial law, with examples

/ɪnˈfɔːsəbl/adjectiveCore term

In contract & commercial law, enforceable means: Able to be made effective through a court or tribunal, so that a party can be forced to comply or to pay compensation.

In Turkish: uygulanabilir, icra edilebilir, hukuken talep edilebilir

How it is used

Lawyers ask whether a contract or a clause is enforceable, that is, whether a court would uphold it. A clause can look valid on paper but be unenforceable in a particular country. The noun is 'enforceability' and the verb is 'enforce'.

Example sentences

  1. A non-compete clause that lasts ten years is unlikely to be enforceable.

  2. We need local advice on whether the guarantee is enforceable in Turkey.

Common collocations

  • legally enforceable
  • enforceable against
  • unenforceable clause
  • valid and enforceable
  • bindingHaving legal force, so that the parties must do what they have agreed and can be held responsible if they do not.
  • voidHaving no legal effect at all from the start, so that the contract or clause is treated as if it never existed.
  • contractA legally binding agreement between two or more parties in which each side promises to do, or not to do, certain things.
  • severabilityThe principle, usually set out in a clause, that if one provision of a contract is invalid, the rest of the contract remains in force.

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