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[–] _number8_ 23 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

people would hate the courts less if they'd just talk like human beings rather than cloak everything in this bullshit cold legalese which makes everyone sound as stark and removed as possible. if someone's life is at stake, fucking talk like it!

[–] [email protected] 59 points 4 months ago

My first instinct is to agree with you.

My second instinct is to think that most of what I tend to think of as bullshit cold legalese is actually exceedingly precise, which I have to admit is a good quality to have when it comes to matters of law.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago (1 children)

On the flipside, if the language is too casual you'd end up with people winning cases by being popular and snarky.

Part of the reason why Trump's cases have such a high turnover of lawyers. His antics just don't amuse a judge used to professionalism.

Not saying you don't have a point. After stuff like bees being classified as fish in California to protect them. It's clear to see legalese has gone to far.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lmao, you weren't joking. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/06/us/california-bees-fish-court-ruling-scn-trnd/index.html

As absurd as it is, this is probably just because it's easier than changing that law.

[–] Delta_V 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

in a lucky loophole for insects, mollusks, and other spineless creatures falling under the umbrella term “invertebrate,” the act itself defines a “fish” as “a wild fish, mollusk, crustacean, invertebrate, amphibian, or part, spawn, or ovum of any of those animals.”

According to the law's specific definition of "fish", spiders and earthworms are also 'fish'.