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acting, active, adequate, advantageous, ample, applicable, at work, beneficial, capable, competent, effective, effectual, efficax, efficient, employed, fruitful, functional, functioning, helpful, in action, in effect, in force, in harness, in operation, in play, instrumental, on duty, operational, performing, potent, productive, serviceable, successful, sufficient, useable, useful, valid, workable, working, yielding
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constructive (creative), functional, ministerial, potent, practical, prevailing (having superior force), procedural, valuable, viable
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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adj.Most relevant, meaningful, or significant; describes the word or words that carry the most important meaning in a sentence, or that cause a contract or document to take effect.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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adj. Description of words in a document that bring about the result of transaction.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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