One of the characteristics of legal english is
the formulation of hypotheses
the inverted funnel format
a stanza form
archaic english words

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."

the correct answers are:

c. “never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue.”

d. “‘it has never been heard,’ was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.”

e. “this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke.”

i think it could possibly be b