legalese

4 definitions found

legalese - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  legalese \legalese\ n.
     A style of writing or speaking heavily emphasizing the
     abstruse technical vocabulary of the law, to the point where
     a speech or document may be incomprehensible to
     non-specialists.
     [WordNet 1.5]

legalese - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  legalese
      n 1: a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the
           law

legalese - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  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.
  

legalese - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  legalese
   n.
  
     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.