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# legalnotice

## Name

legalnotice — A statement of legal obligations or requirements

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# Synopsis

### Content Model

    legalnotice ::=
    (title?,
     (calloutlist|glosslist|itemizedlist|orderedlist|segmentedlist|
      simplelist|variablelist|caution|important|note|tip|warning|
      literallayout|programlisting|programlistingco|screen|screenco|
      screenshot|formalpara|para|simpara|blockquote|indexterm|
      beginpage)+)

### Attributes

Common attributes

## Description

`LegalNotice` identifies a statement of legal obligation, requirement, or warranty. It occurs in the meta-information for a document in which it frequently explains copyright, trademark, and other legal formalities of a document.

### Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block.

`LegalNotice`s may be presented in a number of ways. In printed documents, they often occur on the verso of the title page, sometimes in a reduced font size. Online, they may occur on the title page or in a separate document behind a hypertext link.

### Parents

These elements contain legalnotice: `appendixinfo`, `articleinfo`, `bibliographyinfo`, `bookinfo`, `chapterinfo`, `glossaryinfo`, `indexinfo`, `objectinfo`, `partinfo`, `prefaceinfo`, `refentryinfo`, `referenceinfo`, `refsect1info`, `refsect2info`, `refsect3info`, `refsynopsisdivinfo`, `sect1info`, `sect2info`, `sect3info`, `sect4info`, `sect5info`, `sectioninfo`, `setindexinfo`, `setinfo`, `sidebarinfo`.

### Children

The following elements occur in legalnotice: `beginpage`, `blockquote`, `calloutlist`, `caution`, `formalpara`, `glosslist`, `important`, `indexterm`, `itemizedlist`, `literallayout`, `note`, `orderedlist`, `para`, `programlisting`, `programlistingco`, `screen`, `screenco`, `screenshot`, `segmentedlist`, `simpara`, `simplelist`, `tip`, `title`, `variablelist`, `warning`.

## See Also

`copyright`, `trademark`.

## Examples

For examples, see `book`, `bookinfo`, `sect1info` .

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