legalese

See also: legal-ese

English

Etymology

legal +‎ -ese

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: le‧gal‧ese
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Noun

legalese (uncountable)

(informal, derogatory) Technical jargon common in the legal profession, the argot of lawyers.
(informal, derogatory) Wordy, ostentatious talk or writing that resembles legal writing, especially when confusing to laypeople; bureaucratese; officialese.

Translations

technical talk of the legal profession

Finnish: (lakimiesten) kapulakieli (fi), lakikieli (also used non-pejoratively)
French: jargon juridique
German: Juristenjargon, Juristensprache, Juristendeutsch

Korean: 법률 용어 (beomnyul yong-eo)
Portuguese: juridiquês (pt)

wording that resembles how lawyers write

Finnish: kapulakieli (fi)
German: Papierdeutsch (de), Behördensprache (de), Amtsdeutsch (de)

Portuguese: legalês m

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