Meaning of lawyerball | Babel Free

Definitions

A supposed game consisting of pedantic legal wrangling.

derogatory, humorous, informal, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“I think this answers your question. It is sufficiently vague enough that it doesn't answer your question *specifically* if you're playing lawyerball, but I think the meaning is clear.”

“...Ashcroft/Carnahan is now 50/50, and the bulk of the MO vote is from St. Louis. All hail the dead man! (Should be an interesting court battle, although the Republicans ought to accept the popular will and not play lawyerball).”

“If your attorney and the city's attorney wrestle control of the negotiating process away from you, they will immediately start playing "lawyerball."”

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