S: (n) contract (a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law)
S: (n) submission (a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter)
S: (n) covenant, compact, concordat (a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action)
S: (n) indenture (formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt)
S: (n) obligation (a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply)
S: (n) treaty, pact, accord (a written agreement between two states or sovereigns)
S: (n) escrow (a written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition)
S: (n) Articles of Confederation (a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states; it provided a legal symbol of their union by giving the central government no coercive power over the states or their citizens)