A New Miscellany-at-Law : Yet Another Diversion for Lawyers and Others

"Should horses in Charleston be required to wear diapers? Does the hotchpot rule apply when dividing a testator's 17 residuary elephants? Which verse in the Old Testament was the life-saving 'neck' verse? May sexual intercourse be conducted on a without prejudice basis? These questions and many others like them are raised but not always fully answered in A New Miscellany-at-Law. This follows the same style as its two predecessors but consists of entirely new material, some of it suggested by the readers of the first two volumes. Like them, it collects accounts of strange and remarkable cases, striking court-room exchanges, wise and witty utterances from the Bench, and much else that illumines the law. For the common law world its reach is global, with many riches from the USA; and Scotland is not forgotten. Although the book is primarily for lawyers, a glossary and explanatory footnotes enable non-lawyers to share in the humour. Some may read the book from cover to cover; but for most there will be the pleasures of browsing, often surprisingly prolonged. A New Miscellany-at-Law also includes many other jewels. There is the touching Conveyancer's Ode to His Beloved, the court's refusal to consider whether bees should be classified as invitees, licensees or trespassers, a deplorable account of a wife being part-exchanged for a Newfoundland dog, the future Lord Denning's reference to a wife who was actually committing adultery while denying it in the witness box, and 'fustum funnidos tantaraboo' in Chancery."--Bloomsbury Publishing Should horses in Charleston be required to wear diapers? Does the hotchpot rule apply when dividing a testator's 17 residuary elephants? Which verse in the Old Testament was the life-saving 'neck' verse? May sexual intercourse be conducted on a without prejudice basis? These questions and many others like them are raised but not always fully answered in A New Miscellany-at-Law. This follows the same style as its two predecessors but consists of entirely new material, some of it suggested by the readers of the first two volumes. Like them, it collects accounts of strange and remarkable cases, striking court-room exchanges, wise and witty utterances from the Bench, and much else that illumines the law. For the common law world its reach is global, with many riches from the USA; and Scotland is not forgotten. Although the book is primarily for lawyers, a glossary and explanatory footnotes enable non-lawyers to share in the humour. Some may read the book from cover to cover; but for most there will be the pleasures of browsing, often surprisingly prolonged. A New Miscellany-at-Law also includes many other jewels. There is the touching Conveyancer's Ode to His Beloved, the court's refusal to consider whether bees should be classified as invitees, licensees or trespassers, a deplorable account of a wife being part-exchanged for a Newfoundland dog, the future Lord Denning's reference to a wife who was actually committing adultery while denying it in the witness box, and 'fustum funnidos tantaraboo' in Chancery Contents......Page 5 Preface......Page 7 1. Lex Loquens......Page 15 2. Judex Non Juridicus......Page 34 3. Beggar Or Fool......Page 47 4. Into Battel......Page 71 5. Ars Bablativa......Page 95 6. Short Of Water......Page 113 7. Figs And Pippins......Page 131 8. Living In Our Ancestors......Page 151 9. All Deliberate Speed......Page 165 10. Le Needfulness De Eux......Page 181 11. Statutes At Larger......Page 195 12. A Plain And Simple Question......Page 209 13. Maxima......Page 225 14. Andorandororand......Page 237 15. Dark With Excessive Brightness......Page 247 16. An Uncharted Sea Of Doubt And Difficulty......Page 263 17. The Paperwork......Page 283 18. Every Prospect Pleases......Page 293 19. Winter'd One Whole Summer......Page 305 20. Fustum Funnidos Tantaraboo......Page 319 21. A Certain Amount Of Sobriety......Page 331 22. Narrowed To A Filament......Page 343 23. The Evil Of Evils......Page 367 24. Powafuchswowitchahavagganeabba (Chicago)......Page 383 Table Of Cases......Page 395 Table Of Statutes......Page 409 Index......Page 415 'A New Miscellany At Law' brings together accounts of strange and remarkable cases, striking court-room exchanges, wise and witty utterances from the Bench, and much else that illumines the law. Though primarily aimed at lawyers, a glossary of legal terms allows the layman to share in the humour