By Susheela Srinivasan and Dr. B. Shakira Jabeen English in legal documents in India is so unique that it goes by special nomenclatures — legal parlance, legal English, legalese, etc. This form…
By Susheela Srinivasan and Dr. B. Shakira Jabeen
English in legal documents in India is so unique that it goes by special nomenclatures — legal parlance, legal English, legalese, etc. This form of language is used in the Courts, legal documents, rules, bye-laws, judgments, Bills, Acts and amendments. A lawyer has to read and interpret it for layman. At what point does the language of law lose contact with common speech? What is it that makes the language of law difficult to comprehend?
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