Associations to the word «Legalese»

Wiktionary

LEGALESE, noun. The technical talk of the legal profession, the argot of lawyers.
LEGALESE, noun. Wording that resembles how a lawyer writes, especially such that is confusing to the layperson.

Dictionary definition

LEGALESE, noun. A style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law.

Wise words

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
John Adams