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legal deposit

nounC2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

Legal deposit is the duty to supply a copy of each new publication. Comply with legal deposit.

Britain has six libraries entitled to a copy of everything published in the country. Legal deposit now covers websites, which is how the national archive of the web is built.

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Definitions of legal deposit

  1. 1nounlegal depositThe duty to supply a copy of each new publication.C2

    “Legal deposit means the library holds a copy of every book printed here.”

legal deposit is a duty.

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