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legalese
(redirected from Legal writing)

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legalese
the conventional language in which legal documents, etc., are written
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.


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For the first legal writing assignment, I proudly turned in a paper rife with the characteristics that, I felt, had gotten me "As" in college English courses: close readings of wording, fancy language, and a pull-out-the-stops conclusion.
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The court held that the officers' alleged refusal to respond to the prisoner's request for legal writing supplies and specific law books did not violate his right of access to the courts, noting that the inmate filed at least 49 separate lawsuits in state and federal court during the three-year period in which he alleged his right of access to courts was restricted.
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In addition, Christine Chorba, Karin Graver and Tracy Turner have joined the school as legal writing professors.
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