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Definition of legalese

legalese

noun - uncountable

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Other terms relating to 'corporate-speak (list of)':

Definitions include: an item on a "to do" list.
Definitions include: to reduce the number of people employed in an organization or company to the point that there are no longer enough to carry out the work effectively.
Definitions include: to debate at length on an unimportant decision.
Definitions include: from now, into the future.
Definitions include: to stick one's head up out of a cubicle to look at something.
Definitions include: crazy, irrational.

Other terms relating to 'the law (related to)':

Definitions include: acronym for "I am not a constitutional lawyer".
Definitions include: to retain an attorney or attorneys
Definitions include: to prosecute to the full extent of the law.
Definitions include: An acronym has been invented for the term, but long after the term entered use: "Beautiful Intellectuals That Cause Hard-ons."
Definitions include: to retain legal counsel.
Definitions include: acronym for "some other dude did it".
Definitions include: Older slang term used to refer to one's "lawyer" or "attorney"
Definitions include: acronym for "I am not a lawyer."
Definitions include: acronym for "I am a lawyer".
Definitions include: acronym for "I am not your lawyer".
Definitions include: nose.
Definitions include: acronym for "this is not legal advice".
Definitions include: acronym for "you are not a lawyer."
Definitions include: the effect whereby jurors in criminal trials believe scientist expert witnesses because the expert witnesses remind them of characters in television crime dramas like "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation".

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Definitions include: cocaine
Definitions include: to push responsibility onto someone else.
Definitions include: mosandel (Noun) Mo-zan-dell; Looking dirty or mismatched clothing.
Definitions include: a societal category of people of little moral worth, bad hygiene, little or no income.
Definitions include: the perfect thing to have at the present moment.
Definitions include: slang for getting hit hard, usually with fists, but can be extended to include feet, objects, etc.
Definitions include: to sadden one.
Definitions include: extremely cool; awesome to see; very enjoyable; "eye candy".
Definitions include: a general insulting label for a disliked female.
Definitions include: misspelling of "gangsta" which is a colloquial spelling/pronunciation of "gangster".

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