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Law amusements
Law Hodgepodge
Over a century ago, a British judge was late for court so he hailed a cab and told the driver to take him to the Royal Courts of Justice.
“Where are they,” asked the driver.
“You mean to say that you don't know where the law courts are?” asked the judge incredulously.
“Oh! The law courts,” replied the driver. “But you said the courts of justice.”
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Frank Kingdon-Ward was one of the first Europeans to explore Tibet.
Of his visit in 1926, he writes in Explorers All:
“We saw here nothing of the Oriental cruelty of which one hears so much in the West. We did see one criminal, a thief who was condemned to wear leg-irons for life, and passed on from (village to village) as a horrible warning. He was clanking cheerfully about his work when we saw him.”
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The word Devil's Advocate actually comes from Canon Law. In the Vatican, when arguments are being presented to have a person declared a saint, the Church appoints an oficial to find flaws in this evidence. This official is called the “Devil's Advocate” and has come to mean a person who espouses a cause just for the sake of argument.
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A judge was riding horses one day with a young lawyer. They came to a stretch of open country and noticed a hangman's noose hanging from a tree. The judge turned to his companion and jokingly said: “Parsons, if that gallows had its due, where do you suppose you would be?”
“Riding alone,” came the quick reply.
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In an action being argued before a judge, a lawyer addressed the jury for a very long time.
At one point, the judge could not help himself but to remark: “Sir, you've said that before.”
“Have I, my Lord?” replied the lawyer. “I'm very sorry. I quite forgot.”
“That's ok,” replied the judge. “I forgive you as it was a very long time ago.”
Source: www.duhaime.org.
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