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Language lawyers use when winds burst into shelter! (8)

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I believe the answer is:

legalese

'language lawyers use' is the definition.
(legal language)

'winds burst into shelter' is the wordplay.
'winds' becomes 'gales' (gale is a kind of wind).
'burst into' is an insertion indicator.
'shelter' becomes 'lee' (as in lee side, the side sheltered from wind).
'gales' going within 'lee' is 'LEGALESE'.

'when' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for legalese that I've seen before include "contract wording?" , "such language at the bar!" , "barman's peculiar words" , "Solicitor's jargon" , "formal language" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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