legal reserve
noun
: the minimum amount of bank deposits or life insurance company assets required by law to be kept as reserves
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The states, which are responsible for the bulk of the payments to the legal reserve fund, would have to keep a minimum of $200 million in the account, with total contributions capped at $800 million.
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 24 Jan. 2025
The intention of the legal reserve fund, in which, essentially, claimants will be paying to defend the Sacklers against other claimants, is to satisfy the court’s ruling.
—Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
The intention of the legal reserve fund, in which, essentially, claimants will be paying to defend the Sacklers against other claimants, is to satisfy the court's ruling.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 24 Jan. 2025
This legal reserve requirement is lower in Brazil’s other biomes, for instance at 20% in the Pantanal wetlands and 35% in the Cerrado savanna.
—Christine Ro, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
In the Cerrado as well, property size affects how landowners view the legal reserve requirement.
—Christine Ro, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
Agribusiness-favoring politicians have made further attempts to erode the legal reserve requirement.
—Christine Ro, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
That January, the order became the Praetorian Mutual Life Insurance Co., a legal reserve life insurance company.
—Spencer Bevis, Dallas News, 26 Sep. 2021
Among the reasons for the changes, GE said, were revisions of some of its assumptions and valuations, additions of $990 million to legal reserves and the change from international to U.S. accounting standards.
—Michael Rapoport, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2019
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 24 Jan. 2025
The intention of the legal reserve fund, in which, essentially, claimants will be paying to defend the Sacklers against other claimants, is to satisfy the court’s ruling.
—Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
The intention of the legal reserve fund, in which, essentially, claimants will be paying to defend the Sacklers against other claimants, is to satisfy the court's ruling.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 24 Jan. 2025
This legal reserve requirement is lower in Brazil’s other biomes, for instance at 20% in the Pantanal wetlands and 35% in the Cerrado savanna.
—Christine Ro, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
In the Cerrado as well, property size affects how landowners view the legal reserve requirement.
—Christine Ro, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
Agribusiness-favoring politicians have made further attempts to erode the legal reserve requirement.
—Christine Ro, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
That January, the order became the Praetorian Mutual Life Insurance Co., a legal reserve life insurance company.
—Spencer Bevis, Dallas News, 26 Sep. 2021
Among the reasons for the changes, GE said, were revisions of some of its assumptions and valuations, additions of $990 million to legal reserves and the change from international to U.S. accounting standards.
—Michael Rapoport, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2019
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“Legal reserve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legal%20reserve. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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