Simple English definitions for legal terms
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Accord means when two or more countries or people agree on something and work together peacefully. It can also mean when someone offers to do something different instead of what they originally promised, and the other person agrees to it. Lastly, it can be used to show that a source matches another source that was mentioned before.
Accord has three main meanings:
Examples:
The first example illustrates the first definition of accord, where two countries come to a peaceful agreement. The second example demonstrates the second definition, where a debtor proposes a new obligation to replace the previous one. The third example shows the third definition, where a journalist uses an accord citation to indicate that two sources match each other.