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legalese

[ lee-guh-leez, -lees ]

noun

  1. language containing an excessive amount of legal terminology or of legal jargon.


legalese

/ ˌːɡəˈː /

noun

  1. the conventional language in which legal documents, etc, are written
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of legalese1

First recorded in 1910–15; legal + -ese
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The arguments involved a lot of legalese about "burden" versus "coercion," or what constitutes a "sincerely held" religious belief.

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By design, the details of how "freedom cities" would be established are laden with legalese like "federal enclaves with special economic and jurisdictional zones" or "interstate compacts."

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She now wants to do Pilates after work, and the long hours she spends working and learning legalese have kept her mental faculties in check.

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That’s when Williams, convicted earlier this year, sent Edwards the first images that count as “indecent”, the archaic legalese for depictions of abuse.

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It's dressing up the idea in legalese, giving white supremacy a law degree and saying, "This isn't actually me being bigoted, this is what the Constitution requires."

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