legal cap

American  

noun

1. ruled writing paper in tablet form, measuring approximately 8½ × 13 to 14 inches (22 × 33 to 36 centimeters).

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legal cap British  

noun

1. ruled writing paper, about 8 by 13 1/ 2 inches with the fold at the top, for use by lawyers

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Etymology

Origin of legal cap

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

For teaching summer courses that generally ran for up to two weeks, Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh each made salaries that approached the legal cap on certain outside income, roughly $30,000 in recent years.

From New York Times

The Treasury Department has warned Congress that failure to raise the legal cap on federal debt by early June would risk a default in which Washington ceased to pay all its bills.

From Reuters

The deal reached after several weeks of intense negotiations between attorneys and doctors groups would raise the legal cap on pain and suffering awards to $350,000 beginning Jan. 1.

From Los Angeles Times

The jury deliberated for two hours, then awarded Ganeshananda $105,541,440 for his pain and suffering, which the court was forced to reduce to the state’s legal cap of $815,000.

From Washington Post

But others insisted that the council — which expanded the hospital’s subsidy in 2019 — this time should stick to the legal cap that was previously chosen to trigger outside fiscal management.

From Washington Post