Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

legal hold

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

Syllables: legal hold
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The preservation of documents and other information, suspending normal processing, when an organization expects litigation.

Inflected Forms

legal holds (plural)

Questions

What does legal hold mean?: The preservation of documents and other information, suspending normal processing, when an organization expects litigation.

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