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legalese
/ ˌliːɡəˈliːz /
noun
- the conventional language in which legal documents, etc, are written
Example Sentences
We’ve already seen doctors hesitant to treat patients because the legalese is so vague in states where bans have been passed, even with exceptions.
TurboTax’s current terms-of-use agreement, which still contains an arbitration clause, runs to over 15,000 words of dense legalese.
I realize this statement is written in the anodyne legalese that judges must employ, but I’m convinced that Judge Gallagher is letting his true feelings shine here.
Most of the time the policy conversation gets wrapped up in legalese around free speech and whose speech matters, but we need to shift and understand the true costs of misinformation.
The worst offenders as far as we are concerned are legalese and planning documents.
To his eyes, Washington was dominated by lawyers, all speaking incomprehensible legalese—or, as Keynes put it, “Cherokee”.
“Scrutiny” is legalese—but important legalese, because it describes how closely a court should review a law.
Legalese is justified by the attempt to avoid ambiguity in a given situation.
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