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The Language of Lawyers and the Language of Plumbers

8 The Language of Lawyers and the Language of Plumbers Edward Finegan The terms “legal language” and “the language of the law” have served as titles for books by Peter Tiersma and David Mellinkoff, respectively. In scholarly arenas they are the terms favored over “legalese,” a term with a disparaging . . . Read more