legal risk

legal risk definition - finance
The risk that a legal contract or financial transaction wonÂ’t be fulfilled because it breaks the law or there is a regulatory conflict. Other legal risks include documentation or contractual problems.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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