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Meaning of pseudolegal | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Having a superficial appearance of according with the legal profession but in reality lacking competence in it or flouting its values.

not-comparable

Equivalents

Ελληνικά ψευδονομικός

Examples

“These phrases have been criticized as jargonistic and pompous. […] They appear frequently in legal and pseudolegal writing. They can usually be improved.”

“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.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

pseudolegendary pseudolesbian pseudolexical pseudoliberal pseudolinear pseudolinguistic