Boilerplate (noun)

1. Standardized text or language used in contracts or other legal documents.
2. Predictable or unoriginal writing or language.

Origin:

From the name of the type of metal plates used to make boilers, from the resemblance of the text to the plates' uniformity and durability.

Examples:

1. The lawyer provided a boilerplate for the contract that we only needed to fill in the blanks.
2. The company's privacy policy was just a boilerplate copy from another website.
3. The press release was full of boilerplate language that offered no new information.
4. The website's terms and conditions were written in boilerplate legal language.
5. The politician's speech was full of boilerplate phrases that he uses in every speech.