Definition: legalese

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

legalese
     n : a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the
         law

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

legalese

   Dense, pedantic verbiage in a language description, product
   specification, or interface standard; text that seems designed
   to obfuscate and requires a language lawyer to parse it.
   Though hackers are not afraid of high information density and
   complexity in language (indeed, they rather enjoy both), they
   share a deep and abiding loathing for legalese; they associate
   it with deception, suits, and situations in which hackers
   generally get the short end of the stick.

Source: Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) 

legalese n. Dense, pedantic verbiage in a language description, product
   specification, or interface standard; text that seems designed to
   obfuscate and requires a language lawyer to parse it. Though hackers
   are not afraid of high information density and complexity in language
   (indeed, they rather enjoy both), they share a deep and abiding loathing
   for legalese; they associate it with deception, suits, and situations
   in which hackers generally get the short end of the stick.