Meanings
nounlegal pad (plural legal pads)
plural legal pads
- A large writing pad, made using yellow paper, especially one measuring 8½ by 14 inches and with a margin down the side of each page.
His mother and father, both Stanford Law professors, took turns scribbling notes on a yellow legal pad.
2023 October 5, Victoria Bekiempis, “FTX co-founder testifies he committed crimes with Sam Bankman-Fried”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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