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| | 6. Mention two regisicrs related to the text fe i ap 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 ber 4 | L r i { F stich ret ecard. ie comets face ‘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 376 &S oop, : the 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

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