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[heyyitskatie]

Learned Hand. Best name for a judge ever. Unfortunately not a legal term as of yet, but relevant enough.

[vandalvideo]

res ipsa loquitur, sed quid in infernos dicit.

[12262010]

I hope each and every one of you dies.

[Gamecubesupreme]

I hope each and every one of you dies.

The good news is that there is a 100% probability of that happening.

[SehMeSerrious]

*****

[Cupidity]

Demurrer; it sounds like the sexy, half-growling noises you make into your partner's ear during sex.

[Jarrett]

Amicus curiae

[joobacca]

hearsay... fuck

[M.M.]

Some of the replies in this thread are awesome, and I'm a 0L.

[WhatToDo21]

"Stop kidding yourself, and me also"

[KeepitKind]

Pierson, of Pierson v. Post fame, referred to as a "saucy intruder"

[tomhobbes]

"The replevin of chattels."

[SehMeSerrious]

*****

[rdcws000]

Since no one's posted anything interesting for a minute and since we're posting quotes from cases now, the funniest thing is how they decide to transcribe slang. Sometimes they write it like it's said and explain the term, but sometimes they spell it correctly and it totally changes the tone of the conversation.

According to Jackson they had "seen a black man, a couple people . . . standing right there, and a black man was taking a piss. So he hopped out, and got on foot . . . . So they walk up to the guy after the guy finished taking a piss, [Jackson] start busting on him, and [Mitchell] busting on the other crowd of people . . . ." The defendants warned those listening to be watchful for a retaliatory attack by the Bloodstone Villains.

I used to have a bunch of these but I lost most of them.

Cordas v. Peerless.

The hold-up man sensing his insecurity suggested to the chauffeur that in the event there was the slightest lapse in obedience to his curt command that he, the chauffeur, would suffer the loss of his brains, a prospect as horrible to an humble chauffeur as it undoubtedly would be to one of the intelligentsia.

[SehMeSerrious]

*****

[SehMeSerrious]

*****

[thwalls]

Bouton v. Allstate Insurance Co.

"Any reasonable person expects to see an endless array of ghouls, beasts, and characters on this evening, especially when he is, as was plaintiff, passing out candy at this doorstep."

[two_wheels_good]

I read a wrongful death complaint once that said something to the effect "as a direct and proximate result of [defendant's] negligence, Plaintiff have suffered and will continue to suffer death, lost wages...."

Snark.

[SehMeSerrious]

*****

[Matix]

dicker

[clintonius]

I read a wrongful death complaint once that said something to the effect "as a direct and proximate result of [defendant's] negligence, Plaintiff have suffered and will continue to suffer death, lost wages...."

Snark.

I liked the Mitchell v A&K one. Something to the effect of, "Assailant then produced a shotgun and, from a distance of approximately three feet, discharged it at Plaintiff. Plaintiff suffered serious injuries to his face."

[SehMeSerrious]

*****

[Jack Smirks]

But for

As in, what's a but for? I think we all know where this is going.

Your sense of humor makes me feel suicidal. Please stop.

[schmohawk]

dicker

I went through each page of this page thread, hoping nobody had said this yet. But I can't be disappointed that you beat me to it, all I can do is applaud your contribution. It's close to impossible not to at least smirk when your professor says "dickered" without batting an eye.

[tekisui]

The already mentioned res ipsa loquitur and I especially enjoy adverse possession and but-for.