legal action
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Lam was not only a journalist but he also ran the VYDC, the Vietnamese Youth Development Center, which helped refugees with legal jargon for the Department of Social Services.
From Salon • May 20, 2024
Candidates must pass a rigorous licensing exam involving grammar, punctuation, and legal jargon, plus transcribe 200 words per minute with 97.5% accuracy, among other qualifications.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2024
The forms are often full of legal jargon, most health care workers aren’t trained to supply them, and retrieving them when they’re needed has posed technical and logistical headaches.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2024
The judge's decision was long and full of legal jargon.
From BBC • Nov. 6, 2023
There was some legal jargon, but I grasped this: She committed J.T. and Digger to the custody of juvenile services—to nine months in a forestry camp for juvenile offenders out in western Maryland.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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