Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
4. Information Forms (hierarchy name)
5. information forms (objects)
6. document genres
7. [documents by function]
8. records (documents)
9. [records by form or function]
10. legal documents

Narrower term/s

• traffic tickets
• affidavits
• articles of incorporation
• bonds (legal records)[+]
  • bid bonds
  • bail bonds
  • labor and material bonds
  • payment bonds
  • performance bonds [+]
    • subcontractor bonds
  • surety bonds
• certificates of incorporation
• charters[+]
  • charter parties
• agreements[+]
  • collective labor agreements
  • partnership agreements
  • contracts [+]
    • [contracts by form or function] [+]
      • divided contracts
      • separate contracts
      • single contracts
      • subcontracts
      • leases
      • syngraphai
      • turnkey contracts
    • [contracts by party] [+]
      • architect-consultant contracts
      • government contracts
      • ketubahs
    • [contracts by manner of payment] [+]
      • cost plus fee agreements
      • cost reimbursement contracts
      • fixed-price contracts
  • international agreements [+]
    • treaties
  • guarantees [+]
    • warranties
• submittals
• escrows
• franchises
• indentures[+]
  • articles of apprenticeship
• indictments (legal documents)
• powers of attorney
• wills[+]
  • codicils [NP]

Anotations

Scope note:

Documents that give expression to a legal act or agreement, for the purpose of creating, securing, modifying, or terminating a right, or for the purpose of furnishing evidence of a right. For documents having legal relevance in general, use "legal documents."