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• Title:Lawtalk : the unknown stories behind familiar legal expressions / James E. Clapp [and others].
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Clapp, James E. (James Edward), 1943-
  
• Published/Created:New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KF156 .L39 2011
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Law--United States--Dictionaries.
  
• Genre/Form: Dictionaries.
  
• Description:xvii, 348 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
  
• Series:Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference.
  
• Summary:"Law-related words and phrases abound in our everyday language, often without our being aware of their origins or their particular legal significance: boilerplate, jailbait, pound of flesh, rainmaker, the third degree. This insightful and entertaining book reveals the unknown stories behind familiar legal expressions that come from sources as diverse as Shakespeare, vaudeville, and Dr. Seuss. Separate entries for each expression follow no prescribed formula but instead focus on the most interesting, enlightening, and surprising aspects of the words and their evolution. Popular myths and misunderstandings are explored and exploded, and the entries are augmented with historical images and humorous sidebars. Lively and unexpected, Lawtalk will draw a diverse array of readers with its abundance of linguistic, legal, historical, and cultural information. Those readers should be forewarned: upon finishing one entry, there is an irresistible temptation to turn to another, and yet another ."-- Provided by publisher.
  "A lively look at the history and meanings of today's legal expressions" -- Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:"A lively look at the history and meanings of today's legal expressions"--Provided by publisher.
  Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-338) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780300172461 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  030017246X (hbk. : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: Lawtalk
  Abuse Excuse
  Affirmative Action
  Age Of Consent
  Sidebar: Just Knitting
  Aid And Abet (And The Like)
  Sidebar: I Give You That Orange
  Attorney General
  Attorney Vs. Lawyer
  Badge Of Slavery
  Billable Hour
  Sidebar: No Rest for the Weary
  Black Letter Law
  Sidebar: Blowing the Dust off the Black Letter Books
  Blackmail
  Blood Money
  Blue Laws
  Blue Wall Of Silence
  Boilerplate
  Chancellor's foot
  Charter Party
  Chinese Wall
  Color-Blind
  Comstockery
  Sidebar: Shaw and Comstock
  Corpus Delicti
  Sidebar: Expecting the Unexpected
  CSI effect
  Cut The Baby In Half
  Day In Court
  Death And Taxes
  Death Tax
  Deep Pocket
  Deliberate Speed
  Electoral College
  Eye For An Eye
  Fishing Expedition
  Grand Jury
  Green Card
  Hanged For A Sheep
  Sidebar: Baron Alderson's Remark
  Hearsay
  Hornbook Law
  Hue And Cry
  Indenture
  Indict A Ham Sandwich
  Jailbait
  Jim Crow
  Kangaroo Court
  Kill All The Lawyers
  Sidebar: Dying Wish
  Law Is A Ass
  Lawyers, Guns, And Money
  Make A Federal Case Out Of It
  Sidebar: Salt Seller
  One-Bite Rule
  One Person, One Vote
  Oyez
  Paper Chase
  Penumbra
  Philadelphia lawyer
  Sidebar: When You Really Need a Good Lawyer ...
  Pierce The Corporate Veil
  Sidebar: Corporate Entity
  Play The Race Card
  Politically Correct
  Posse
  Pound Of Flesh
  Rainmaker
  Rap
  Rap Sheet
  Read The Riot Act
  Sidebar: Reading the Riot Act to a Rainmaker
  Rico
  Rule Of Thumb
  Sidebar: Too Serious for God
  Scofflaw
  Separate But Equal
  Shadow Of The Law
  Shyster
  Sidebar: Standard Operating Procedure
  Star Chamber
  Testify
  Thin Blue Line
  Thinking Like A Lawyer
  Sidebar: The Legal Mind
  Third Degree
  Three-Fifths Rule
  Versus
  Wall Of Separation
  Wet Foot, Dry Foot
  White Shoe
  Whole Truth
  Sidebar: Not a Scholar.