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[[Legal opinion]]. (''n''): 1. A long and detailed [[disclaimer]] of its own liability which a [[law firm]] will charge you handsomely for preparing.  
{{g}}[[Legal opinion]]. (''n''): 1. A long and detailed [[disclaimer]] of its own liability which a [[law firm]] will charge you handsomely for preparing.  


2. A document designed to achieve exactly the opposite effect to the one its addressee anticipates, in that it carries as little by way of meaningful existential content as possible, while being as comprehensive, categorical and absolute as it can be about [[Disclaimer|what it is ''not'' saying]]. Which is, more or less, everything.
2. A document designed to achieve exactly the opposite effect to the one its addressee anticipates, in that it carries as little by way of meaningful existential content as possible, while being as comprehensive, categorical and absolute as it can be about [[Disclaimer|what it is ''not'' saying]]. Which is, more or less, everything.