LEGALESE

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LEGALESE. An informal, usually pejorative term for language that is typical of lawyers or that contains too much legal terminology. ‘“It is highly probable, and more likely than not in the light of [the TV series] ‘ L. A. Law's’ nationwide popularity, that one or more jurors viewed this segment and was impressed by or even discussed same among themselves,” he argued in his best legalese’ (‘Role Models for Attorneys?’, International Herald Tribune, 11 May 1990). See -ESE, JARGON, LAW FRENCH, LEGAL USAGE, REGISTER.

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