legal reserve

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Definition of legal reserve

: the minimum amount of bank deposits or life insurance company assets required by law to be kept as reserves

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Pershing Square has set aside $75 million in legal reserves related to the case, according to an annual report filed by a Pershing unit. — David Benoit, WSJ, "Judge Sides Against Ackman and Valeant in Preliminary Allergan Ruling," 22 Dec. 2017

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