The phrase "a legally binding commitment" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it in contexts where you are discussing agreements, contracts, or obligations that are enforceable by law.
Example: "The contract we signed represents a legally binding commitment to complete the project by the end of the year."
Alternatives: "a contractual obligation" or "a binding agreement."
The legal form The form of words settled on – "an agreed outcome with legal force" – means a legally binding commitment, say European Union EU's lawyers, but it is vague enough for countries to dispute.
"We need a legally binding commitment from the US.
At least "Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire?" culminated in a legally binding commitment: marriage.
Environmentalists are calling for a legally binding commitment that BP will not exceed the prior limit.
In it, Europe's negotiators pushed for "a legally binding commitment in the TTIP guaranteeing the free export of crude oil and gas resources".
"The NPT remains relevant, and will for the foreseeable future, as the only treaty with a legally binding commitment towards disarmament.
The UN secretary general hopes that the summit will catalyse action from key industrialised countries, which are resisting any legally binding commitment to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
Likewise, I back the report's call for nations to have the courage to prepare the ground for a legally-binding commitment on climate change which will address not just climate change but climate justice.
Campaigners at Friends of the Earth demand radical action, such as giving the Green Investment Bank teeth, having a legally-binding commitment to reduce carbon emissions from our electricity system to 50 grams of CO2 from the current 500 grams, a mandatory energy-saving target of 30 per cent by 2030 to strip carbon emissions and reduce bills, and to prioritise renewable energy.
The bill, which is backed by the Conservative Party leadership, would create a legally-binding commitment to a referendum.
Each makes a voluntary (but legally binding) commitment to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases — including carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide — and hydrofluorocarbons.
