lawyer-speak
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The documents are written in the same sort of lawyer-speak still used in courts today, including Van Wagenen’s testimony.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2022
“They fail day in and day out to abide by their own terms of service, which are often little more than lawyer-speak for the ways in which they’ll fail consumers.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2022
McCord’s account of the dispute between prosecutors and the FBI reads as lawyerly and technical, but in lawyer-speak it was the equivalent of setting oneself on fire.
From Slate ● May 11, 2020
That's lawyer-speak for ‘could not prove them beyond a reasonable doubt.’
From Fox News ● Apr. 11, 2019
There’s even a Plain English Campaign that does its nut, year-round and vocationally, about examples of baffling officialese, pompous lawyer-speak and soul-shrivelling business jargon.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 7, 2017
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