https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/08/the-party-of-the-first-part-the-curious-world-of-legalese/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:33:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/08/the-party-of-the-first-part-the-curious-world-of-legalese/comment-page-1/#comment-8685 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:33:26 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5243#comment-8685 In several years of litigation, I’ve never encountered “party of the first part.” Must be a transactional thing. Sometimes I think hard legalese is a way to increase the mystique of the profession – sort of in the way that doctors might admit that “perioral dermatitus” just means “rash around the mouth.” Ah, yes, but you can bill much more for “perioral dermatitus.”

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