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  • noun informal The abstruse jargon of lawyers.

Etymologies

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lawyer +‎ -speak

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Examples

  • "It is doubtful I would take the time to read through the 100-plus pages of 'lawyerspeak' in a insurance contract," he said

    Columbia Missourian: Latest Articles 2009

  • If one tries to read the lawyerspeak in the law texasgalt

    The “I have been requested to put up an open thread” Friday Open Thread. | RedState 2010

  • While he can be pretty honest on the air, I hear the “lawyerspeak, full of jargon” reaction, too.

    Chatting with Sandy Alderson (Part 3) 2008

  • It was also suggested that I contact a law school, to see if I can persuade them to help me pro bono lawyerspeak for no charge; I'm going to start that process, but I suspect there might be looong formalities involved.

    A Child Without A Voice - Update - What's Needed The Wandering Author 2007

  • It was also suggested that I contact a law school, to see if I can persuade them to help me pro bono lawyerspeak for no charge; I'm going to start that process, but I suspect there might be looong formalities involved.

    Archive 2007-04-01 The Wandering Author 2007

  • Then, when asked why she decided to allegedly give Christie Brinkley's husband a right old seeing too, Diana Bianchi's lawyer steps in with this piece of flawless lawyerspeak: I don't think she's in the position to answer that.

    Christie Brinkley To Divorce Teen-Boinking Husband 2006

  • Obama's tepid response to the Christmas terrorist attack, steeped in lawyerspeak, is disturbingly consistent with his administration's foolish and perilous policy of pretending the war being waged against us by jihadists, our nation's most serious threat since the Cold War, can be relegated to our criminal justice system.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • And, using his lawyerspeak to spew his vitriol, he continuously attacked them and people like me who accept their hard work.

    tcpalm.com Stories 2010

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