to be legally binding

基本解释

If you intend the document to be a legally binding contract, use the word "Contract" in the title.
如果你想让你的文件成为具有法律效力的合同，就要在标题中注明“合同”字样。
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Note: The descriptions are only a summary of the licensing definitions. They are not intended to be full and legally binding.
注意：该描述只是许可定义的概述，不是全面的描述且不用于法律用途。
The presumption is that domestic and social arrangements are not intended to be legally binding but evidence may rebut that presumption.
这里的假设是：家庭以及社交的安排并不规定为法定要遵守的，但如果油证据的话可以对其假设进行反驳；

The opinion is not legally binding. Borges says there could be opposition from those who say granting so much territory to indigenous peoples is inhibiting the country's development.
(Test) While the United Nations has backed away from its hope of having a legally-binding treaty come out of Copenhagen, it still believes a serious agreement can be reached that will lead the way to a legally-binding one next year.

The manner in which that cooperation is undertaken will be determined by the president in conjunction with the government of Iraq, but it does not constitute a security commitment that rises to the level of a legally binding assurance which would, of course, have to be submitted to the Senate.
NPR: Negotiating America's Future in Iraq
The thinking in Brussels, I am told, is that it should be possible to meet his demands with a legally binding declaration or summit conclusions from the assembled heads of government, stating that nothing in the Lisbon treaty or the Charter of Fundamental Rights changes the historical settlements on property claims by the descendants of expelled Germans.
ECONOMIST: European politics