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Do You Speak Legalese? Posted by Gary Locke on Mar 28, 2019
Language which was once exclusively reserved for television courtroom dramas is now being used by everybody on Twitter. Experts who appear on talk shows to explain legal decisions are now as famous as professional athletes. Legal terms and phrases are now common elements of daily English conversation. If you want to understand, or at least…
Legal English Posted by Gabriele on Jan 26, 2016
“The person shall be given the opportunity to appear voluntarily at the hearing unless the person fails to appear or unless the person is detained pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection.” Did you understand that? This isn’t normal English and if you found it difficult to comprehend DON’T worry, but DO keep reading. A…
Learn to speak a different type of English – legalese Posted by Gabriele on Jun 20, 2013
I recently spent some time reading a whole bunch of laws for a licensing exam and it reminded me how different legal English is from regular English. In fact we have a special name in English for legal language, it is called legalese. You might not know the word “legalese,” but take a look…