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- noun informal The
jargon used bylawyers .
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Examples
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I love all the “lawyerese” and discussion of something that would not even have been considered 60 years ago.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Calling the Police as Negligence: 2009
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Guttmann explains these issues in excellent detail, but at a lawyerese level of abstraction we can say that Redmond and Congress together would much prefer your computer to become a glorified VCR.
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WJC, we've had enough of defending your lawyerese, your mendacity.
Hillary Adviser Wolfson: Obama's Claim That Bill Is Fibbing Is A "Right Wing Talking Point" 2009
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#13 – I†™ m not a lawyer either but I can read english, even lawyerese english, and the claims of Bush and Rice here are patently false.
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He also accused President Clinton of using “leagalese and lawyerese to do two-steps” around the question.
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My writing was the usual lawyerese, flabby and clausy.
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In 'lawyerese,' you will be buying and/or selling a limited license right, not an ownership right.
SonyBay 2005
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My writing was the usual lawyerese, flabby and clausy.
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I dug through my briefcase and found some index cards stuck in a side pocket, then jotted down what I wanted to say in appropriate lawyerese.
Balancing in High Heels Eileen Rendahl 2004
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I dug through my briefcase and found some index cards stuck in a side pocket, then jotted down what I wanted to say in appropriate lawyerese.
Balancing in High Heels Eileen Rendahl 2004
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