Legalese

Sam Legalese is live at the county courthouse with a report on the on-going battery trial of business executive Bill Bigbucks at nine forty-six.

Archive 2007-04-29 Bill Crider 2007

Because the actual cases are written in Legalese, which is a language only understood by attorneys, judges, law school students and really bored intellectuals, I refer my students to different reference books that explain each case in plain English.

Archive 2005-11-01 Seeking Solace 2005

But it's a standard construction, used in AIA*-recommended contract underwriting, and I assume it is some remnant of "Legalese".

languagehat.com: TRAI(T). 2005

Without applying any quantitative measure, we have a distinctive feeling that, for example, the UN convention is written in a heavy "Legalese," with long convoluted sentences and with a wide use of long Latin words rather than of shorter Anglo-Saxon ones.

Talk Reason 2009

It seems reasonable to assume that the texts written in "Legalese" or "Journalese" make a wider use of longer words.

Talk Reason 2009

They have created such a language of "Legalese" that being able to use a successful campaign would almost be impossible.

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009

Legalese puzzle: What is the meaning of “p/n/g,” which is sometimes used in case captions in Pennsylvania and occasionally NewYork?

The Volokh Conspiracy » “P/n/g” 2010

Legalese puzzle: What is the meaning of “p/n/g,” which is sometimes used in case captions in Pennsylvania and occasionally NewYork?

The Volokh Conspiracy » “P/n/g” 2010

Legalese expert Adam Freedman explains the importance of commas in the Second Amendment.

Waldo Jaquith - Second amendment commas. 2007

Legalese expert Adam Freedman explains the importance of commas in the Second Amendment

Waldo Jaquith - Second amendment commas. 2007