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What (who) is legalese - definition

PLEADING IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LAW
Legalese; Legalese language; Legal Writing; Legal writer; Legal drafting
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legalese         
Dense, pedantic verbiage in a language description, product specification, or interface standard; text that seems designed to obfuscate and requires a language lawyer to parse it. Though hackers are not afraid of high information density and complexity in language (indeed, they rather enjoy both), they share a deep and abiding loathing for legalese; they associate it with deception, suits, and situations in which hackers generally get the short end of the stick.
legalese         
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¦ noun informal the formal and technical language of legal documents.
legalese         
n. slang for the sometimes arcane, convoluted and specialized jargon of lawyers and legal scholars.

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Legal writing

Legal writing involves the analysis of fact patterns and presentation of arguments in documents such as legal memoranda and briefs. One form of legal writing involves drafting a balanced analysis of a legal problem or issue. Another form of legal writing is persuasive, and advocates in favor of a legal position. Another form legal writing involves drafting legal instruments, such as contracts and wills.

Examples of use of legalese
1. The roots of the problem go back in time, tangled in layers of legalese.
2. But he revelled in the role of Sheridan QC, while dispensing with legalese and court procedure.
3. Braley is a lawyer and knows that lawyers generally get blamed for the legalese in federal paperwork.
4. Zapatero said the reform of Spanish legal code simply adds one dry paragraph of legalese but means much more.
5. Boehner and Hoyer would not immediately release details, saying the verbal agreement had yet to be written in congressional legalese.