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Contracts

What Is a SOW?

A document describing specific services, deliverables, timelines and fees under a master agreement.

Legal Tech GlossaryBy The Circle Desk

Why It Matters

SOWs carry most of the commercial detail, and most of the obligations, in services relationships. They are often negotiated by the business with limited legal review, which makes templates and approval rules important.

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Related Terms

MSA (master services agreement)
A framework contract that sets the main legal terms between two parties, so later work can be agreed in shorter statements of work or orders.
Obligation management
Tracking what each signed contract requires and when: payments, notices, reporting, renewals and deliverables.

General information, not legal advice. Part of the Legal Tech Glossary, 173 terms in plain English.