legalese
/lee-guh-leez, -lees/US // ˌli gəˈliz, -ˈlis //UK // (ˌliːɡəˈliːz) //
法律术语,法律条文,法律条款,法律上的东西
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : language containing an excessive amount of legal terminology or of legal jargon.
Examples
Most of the time the policy conversation gets wrapped up in legalese around free speech and whose speech matters, but we need to shift and understand the true costs of misinformation.
The worst offenders as far as we are concerned are legalese and planning documents.
To his eyes, Washington was dominated by lawyers, all speaking incomprehensible legalese—or, as Keynes put it, “Cherokee”.
“Scrutiny” is legalese—but important legalese, because it describes how closely a court should review a law.
Legalese is justified by the attempt to avoid ambiguity in a given situation.
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