Question

One of the characteristics of legal English is _____.

Answer 1

One of the characteristics of legal English is archaic English words.

Main Characteristics of Legal English are:
1) Sentences often have apparently peculiar structures influenced by the French grammatical structure.
2) Punctuation is used insufficiently.
3) Foreign phrases are sometimes used instead of English phrases
4)  Older words like hereof, thereof, and whereof are used in legal English primarily to avoid repeating names or phrases. AKA ARCHAIC ENGLISH WORDS.
5) Use of modifiers such as the same, the said, the aforementioned
6)  Legal English contains some words and titles  in which the reciprocal and opposite nature of the relationship is indicated by the use of alternative endings: -er, -or, and –ee.
7) Phrasal verbs are often used in a quasi-technical sense

Answer 2

Answer:

The inverted funnel format.

Explanation:

The legal English, as the name "legal" itself implies its use for the legal secretaries due to its dealing with the specificity of information at first and general information, later. It aids them to focus their emphasis on the pre-defined goal. This is beneficial in case when the respondents have a lack of firm thought or idea. It includes the specified questions that reduces the time consumed and raises the efficiency of the output. These days this format is being widely used for legal affairs, business interviews, Advocacy, etc. Thus, the characteristics of legal English exemplified among the given options is "the inverted tunnel format."