How do you use Legalese in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like style, plus the exact meaning.
Legalese in a sentence
Legalese meaning
- Technical jargon common in the legal profession; the argot of lawyers.
- Wordy, ostentatious talk or writing that resembles legal writing, especially when confusing to laypeople; bureaucratese; officialese.
Synonyms of Legalese
Using Legalese
- The main meaning on this page is: Technical jargon common in the legal profession; the argot of lawyers. | Wordy, ostentatious talk or writing that resembles legal writing, especially when confusing to laypeople; bureaucratese; officialese.
- Useful related words include: expressive style, style.
- In the example corpus, legalese often appears in combinations such as: in legalese, the legalese, legalese and.
Context around Legalese
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Legalese
- In this selection, "legalese" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, contains, hang, used and reviewing stand out and add context to how "legalese" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include aside the legalese and it and avoid being legalese and instead. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "legalese" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with legalese
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Lawyers have their legalese. (4 words)
Assume that someone has written a letter using ChatGPT and it contains legalese. (13 words)
The most obvious charge is felony disorderly conduct, which is legalese for filing a false police report. (17 words)
Among all the bluster, spin and legalese still surrounding Hasler’s ugly exit from the club he took to premiership glory is a story of extreme disrespect to a highly regarded figure in the game. (35 words)
Will companies that had their common and preferred shares listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) avoid being “legalese” and instead translate their filings into the more understandable language? (29 words)
In legalese, reviewing the case will involve the court hearing the admissibility of the claims and petitioners says Peter Micek, the general counsel at digital rights organization Access Now. (29 words)
Will companies that had their common and preferred shares listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) avoid being “legalese” and instead translate their filings into the more understandable language? (29 words)
Example sentences (12)
Assume that someone has written a letter using ChatGPT and it contains legalese.
Among all the bluster, spin and legalese still surrounding Hasler’s ugly exit from the club he took to premiership glory is a story of extreme disrespect to a highly regarded figure in the game.
But there's an automatic pause — in legalese, a stay — if the person or entity obtains a bond guaranteeing payment of what's owed.
Sometimes, when you pull a streaming movie out of streaming and put it onto screens, there can be a lot of legalese hang-ups.
Lawyers have their legalese.
Put aside the legalese and it should be obvious that discriminating against qualified workers for their sexual or gender identity is wrong.
Some Trump judges hide their retrograde views in legalese, but with Readler the inhumane policy agenda is in plain view, for all to see.
The most obvious charge is felony disorderly conduct, which is legalese for filing a false police report.
This is to speak plainly — not in redacted form or legalese — to the members of Congress who will be questioning you.
Will companies that had their common and preferred shares listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) avoid being “legalese” and instead translate their filings into the more understandable language?
And of course the legalese used in that defense has to exaggerate reality in hopes of finding a middle ground.
In legalese, reviewing the case will involve the court hearing the admissibility of the claims and petitioners says Peter Micek, the general counsel at digital rights organization Access Now.
Common combinations with legalese
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in legalese 3×
- the legalese 3×
- legalese and 2×