derogatory term often used by law practitioners refering to somebody with low or not at all knowledge of the craft who oftentimes make a fool of themselves because they don't understand their own limitations on the matter
Used in US as well
"el leguleyo intento explicarme lo que quiere decir ese articulo de la constitucion y nisiquiera sabia exactamente su redaccion completa"
LEGULEYO-Is a derogatory term applied to practitioners of law ( lawyers ) in exercise of the legal profession, they attach more importance to the subtleties of the procedure as to the legal Fund of the debated issue and employ all kinds of procedural trickery which bring consequently delaying the process or trial.