<refentry id="legalnotice.element">
<?dbhtml filename="legalnotice.html"?>
<refentryinfo>
<pubdate>$Date$</pubdate>
<releaseinfo>$Revision$</releaseinfo>
</refentryinfo>

<refmeta>
<indexterm><primary>elements</primary>
<secondary>legalnotice</secondary></indexterm>
<refentrytitle>legalnotice</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>Element</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>legalnotice</refname>
<refpurpose>&legalnotice.purpose;</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

&legalnotice.synopsis.gen;
<refsect1 condition='ref.description'><title>Description</title>

<para>
<sgmltag>LegalNotice</sgmltag> 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.
</para>

<refsect2><title>Processing expectations</title>
<para>
&format.block;
</para>
<para>
<sgmltag>LegalNotice</sgmltag>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.
</para>
</refsect2>

&legalnotice.parents.gen;
&legalnotice.children.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 condition='ref.elem.seealso'><title>See Also</title>
&legalnotice.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Examples</title>

&legalnotice.example.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
</refentry>

