Legal writing
legalese
Noun
1. a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law
(hypernym) expressive style, style
legalese
Dense, pedantic verbiage in a language description, product specification, or interface standard; text that seems designed to obfuscate and requires a
language lawyer to
parse it. Though hackers are not afraid of high information density and complexity in language (indeed, they rather enjoy both), they share a deep and abiding loathing for legalese; they associate it with deception,
suits, and situations in which hackers generally get the short end of the stick.
(c) Copyright 1993 by Denis Howe
Legalese
English words combined with others in long-winded sentences, or varied or with permutations, with the initial design of legal or drafting precision but which otherwise add unnecessary complexity and inadvertently resulting in confusion. - (
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