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Valid
Binding; possessing legal force or strength; legally sufficient.A valid contract, for example, is one that has been executed in compliance with all the requisite legal formalities and is binding upon, and enforceable by, the individuals who executed it.
West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
valid
having legal force; effective, having legal authority.Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006
VALID. An act, deed, will, and the like, which has received all the formalities required by law, is said to be valid or good in law.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.