uniform-sentence-rhythm
Flags documents whose sentence lengths barely vary.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Kind | Hard rule |
| Engine | statistical |
| Tier | statistical |
| Severity | warning |
| Intent | detection |
| Scope | text |
Why
Human legal prose is bursty — long reasoning sentences sit next to short holdings and citations. Machine prose keeps sentence length uniform, and uniformity is much harder to prompt away than any word list.
Examples
Flagged
The court reviewed the motion for summary judgment. The parties submitted their briefs on the scheduled date. The record contains several disputed factual questions. The standard requires viewing facts in the light most favorable. The court finds that genuine disputes preclude judgment here. The motion is therefore denied without prejudice to renewal.
Better
The court reviewed the motion. Both parties briefed it extensively, and the record — three depositions, two expert reports, and a chain of emails the parties read in incompatible ways — leaves genuine disputes of material fact. Summary judgment is denied.
Turning it off
lawlint --disable uniform-sentence-rhythm draft.mdOr durably, in .lawlint/config.json — see Configuration.