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Legalese

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The specialized vocabulary of the legal profession, especially when considered to be complex or abstruse.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The technical talk of the legal profession, the argot of lawyers.

n. Wording that resembles how a lawyer writes, especially such that is confusing to the layperson.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A style of writing or speaking heavily emphasizing the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law, to the point where a speech or document may be incomprehensible to non-specialists.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law

Word Usage

"The actual document reads like Japanese stereo instructions and is written in legalese, a form that by design keeps all but the most die-hards from understanding it."

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style expressive style

Cross Reference

Law

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