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Encyclopedia > Legalese

Legalese is the term given to the special technical terminology of any given language (usually English) in a legal document. Legalese is prone to having very long sentences with many carefully phrased clauses. The terminology is officially used to make documents less subject to unintended reinterpretation, but many argue that it also can have the effect of making documents hard to read for non-legal people. Technical terminology is the specialised vocabulary of a profession or of some other activity to which a group of people dedicate significant parts of their lives (for instance, hobbies or a particular segment of industry). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...


See Also: business speak Business speak is a term for seemingly out of place words used in a bureaucratic or financial environment. ...


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Legalese - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (102 words)
Legalese is the term given to the special technical terminology of any given language (usually English) in a legal document.
Legalese is prone to having very long sentences with many carefully phrased clauses.
The terminology is officially used to make documents less subject to unintended reinterpretation, but many argue that it also can have the effect of making documents hard to read for non-legal people.
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