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Meanings of legalese in English

Russian
юридический термин
Portuguese
juridiquês
Spanish
termino legal
Catalan
terme jurídic

Term with a specific meaning in jurisprudence.

юридический термин
Usage of legalese in English
1
In the wake of his purchase, a contract was circulated featuring top-class legalese.
The Irish Times
2
We all know what they are, but this is about legalese.
The Guardian
3
Privacy policies are crammed with legalese structured to protect the Web sites in question.
Reuters
4
First, companies must educate their users about risks in regular language, not boilerplate legalese.
Wired
5
Barnier is speaking fluent legalese; Davis attempting to master realpolitik.
The Guardian
6
Angleton rattles on in dreary legalese for approximately three lifetimes.
The Jennifer Morgue
7
This legalese sounds a lot more technical and a lot less violent than rape.
The Guardian
8
Her mom didn't like contracts, didn't trust "legalese," as she called it.
Wings
9
Facebook has issued a formal "fact check" statement refuting the legalese.
Wired
10
To which the only reasonable response is -and apologies for the legalese -Do.
The Guardian
11
They don't know legalese or even where to go.
Ebony
12
I understood the legalese, and the numbers are easy to understand, but something's just not clicking.
The unincorporated man
13
A translator tasked with rendering City trader jargon into German legalese was struggling to keep up.
The Guardian
14
He can do this with impunity and then explain his indiscretions through legalese and administrative shenanigans.
Ebony
15
He scrolled though screens of legalese and financials.
Secret of the seventh son
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But the interpretation is "the triumph of bureaucratic legalese over strategic common sense," he said.
Reuters
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