no-foreign-phrases

Flags decorative foreign phrases with an everyday English equivalent.

Property	Value
Kind	Hard rule
Engine	`phrase`
Tier	`static`
Severity	`suggestion`
Intent	`style`
Scope	`text`

Why

Orwell’s fifth rule: never use a foreign phrase if you can think of an everyday English equivalent. This targets ornamental Latin, not legal terms of art (res judicata, prima facie, habeas corpus, mens rea, stare decisis, de novo), which have no plain substitute.

Examples

Flagged

The clause covers, inter alia, indemnity and, vis-à-vis the guarantor, notice.

Better

The clause covers indemnity and, for the guarantor, notice, among other things.

Turning it off

lawlint --disable no-foreign-phrases draft.md

Or durably, in .lawlint/config.json — see Configuration.