Legalese is the technical and complex language that appears in most legal documents. It's characterized by long sentences, specialized vocabulary, and set phrases.
In legal documents, you might come across words and terms not used in everyday spoken English like hereby, thereof, or inter alia. And some ordinary words have different meanings in legal jargon: In a contract, consideration means "something exchanged between parties." Because a single word in a contract can matter a great deal, lawyers use legalese to ensure legal precision and maintain historical consistency. Legal vocabulary carries strong influences from French and Latin, languages historically used in English legal proceedings and records.