pseudolegal

English

Etymology

pseudo- +‎ legal

Adjective

pseudolegal (not comparable)

  1. Having a superficial appearance of according with the legal profession but in reality lacking competence in it or flouting its values.
    • Bryan A. Garner
      These phrases have been criticized as jargonistic and pompous. […] They appear frequently in legal and pseudolegal writing. They can usually be improved.[1]
    • Brent Wittmeier, Edmonton Journal, September 27, 2012
      In a decision issued in response to a June 8, 2012 divorce case involving a self-declared “freeman on the land,” Court of Queen’s Bench Associate Chief Justice John Rooke analyzes what he calls “organized pseudolegal commercial argument” or OPCA litigants.[2]

References
  1. Garner, Bryan A. (2009). Garner’s Modern American Usage, third edition. Oxford University Press; 2009; headword "affirmative".
  2. Wittmeier, Brent (2012-09-27). Edmonton divorce case prompts justice to dissect “pseudolegal” arguments. Edmonton Journal. https://web.archive.org/web/20121003034131/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Edmonton+divorce+case+prompts+justice+dissect/7310855/story.html Accessed 2017-05-23.
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