legalese

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

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  • We think this legalese is funny because Nintendo is about to charge us £27 for something it says "has no momentary value" —  Pocket Gamer | www.pocketgamer.co.uk | Latest additions
  • Even you yourself suggest that requisite legalese is absent, and I have to assume that such legalese would include a fairly long list of do's and dont's. —  GottaQuirk
  • While the officialdom and the electoral opposition tear their clothes in a stupid campaign where one can only hear slogans for or against the indefinite presidential re-election with no in-depth discussion and shrouded in the cheapest legalese, these depressing events are taking place revealing the praxis of an authoritarian political model attenuated by oil revenue in which militarism runs rampant. —  Indymedia Ireland
  • The legalese is a major headache for companies like Cingular, which must make sure its terms and conditions are appropriate for each state it runs spots in. distribution deal with Google, MTV has reached a distribution agreement with another Internet Goliath. —  ClickZ News
  • And even if you could define an "assault weapon" in legalese, the manufacturers could and would instantly make subtle design adjustments to land outside of the ban. —  NewWest.Net All Headlines
 

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