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judicialese

judicialese noun: the jargon associated with the court system and the administration of justice.

Noun

judicialese (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The jargon associated with the court system and the administration of justice.

Origin of judicialese

From judicial + -ese.

Questions about judicialese

What does judicialese mean?
Judicialese means the jargon associated with the court system and the administration of justice.
What part of speech is judicialese?
Judicialese is a noun.

Words near judicialese in the dictionary

  1. judicial review
  2. judicial reviews
  3. judicial separation
  4. judicial separations
  5. judicial temperament
  6. judicialese
  7. judicialisation
  8. judiciality
  9. judicialization
  10. judicialize
  11. judicialized

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