legalese

Noun

Meaning

a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law

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Modernity has replaced ethics with legalese. Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I've always had an affinity for lawyers. My dad is a lawyer. He's retired now. My brother is a lawyer. It's always been easy, the legalese. Scott Bakula

Her detached, un-affirming legalese around Obergefell, in particular, was so startling that no less than both Jim Obergefell and Richard Hodges jointly stated that Barrett’s confirmation posed a risk to LGBTQ equality. Source: Internet

Aggrieved investors cannot be hobbled against taking such legitimate actions and this constraining legalese must therefore be waived to enable legal actions envisaged by them to be pursued. Source: Internet

It said that the chosen legalese was selected to maximize the fine. Source: Internet

Instead of getting mired in endless business dealings and dry legalese, however, Brown focuses on the various colliding personalities involved in the struggle. Source: Internet

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