articlear·ti·cle /ˈɑːtɪkəlˈɑːr-/ nounLAW[countableC]1one part of a law or legal agreement, especially a numbered partArticles 2 and 3 of the Constitution
2articles [plural] in Britain, a period of training with a firm of SOLICITORs which someone who wants to be a lawyer must complete before they can become fully qualifiedAfter graduation, she returned to her father’s solicitor’s practice to take her articles.