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37s‘The radia bey palit of Sar Abies a atcnyted to aeptate
legal crfenctescment wit few
And the following is a revised (simplified) form of the above
sentence
‘The mative poyltion of South Afticn han mead i vain ft
ight wo vote
According to a professor of law, logal language is characterized
bby four aspects: wordiness, lack of clarity, pomposity and dullness.
|, Wondiness means using more wonds than necessary to convey the
desired meaning. The ‘re examples with their simplified
desired meaning:
‘Annu and set aside = remove
‘Annual entirely and completely remove ~ remove
‘Totally mall and void = without free or effect
2 Lack of clarity means the use of lengthy sentences which contain
‘obscure words and awhward grammatical structures wach as:
Avioigh te wil tf was lent a8 0 who weld whe
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‘will aly, canoe did il som at defen the tars chee
Notice the long and obscure (vague) sentence which mary mean that
‘The fact wat ent 8 10 wR won ert he
we Gad etire his torier or bece ‘ber romans
‘Therefore, the ons deh before hie mother's romaerings ant
‘death beg diguted wll me ely mo rs
3. Pomponity means the use of elevated (above the ordinary)
language or style such as
The pple in Ghee wind, tm the charge of tht
fereaphe Dp dep laren Scioto be
‘weaken or ment what comcrives to be a principle
‘emtamomal law of lan
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Are means ming dcop: sad minrt mens Yo ome
sas Memes Seuadeay e plaselan cama oe
above example) The following is also an example.
‘notary soma cre made ater the Jadgomet. but
3.2 Written and Spoken Language
Films and television have made the language of the courtroom
familiar 10 people. But people do not know the complexity of that
language until they act
1. common words with uncommon meanings such 4s action (law
‘sit; avoid (cancel), te;
2 words no wed in everylay language such as aforesaid
(mentioned before) there (Soerefore); «te;
3. Latin words and phrases such as ex post facto (after dhe fact;
‘affidavit (writen declaration before wa offical), etc;
4. French words soch as plaintiff (o0e who brings a legal action or
suit in court),
5. technical term with precise meanings such ax defendant (opposed
to plaintiff;
6. ceremonial words apd structures such as Your honour, may it
‘please the cour: the rth the whale trath and nothing bu the