Interesting and Funny Things I Learned in Law School

Ownership of a newborn domestic animal goes to the owner of its
mother…unless that animal is a swan.

“legal fictions” (assumptions and models used by courts) started
because people were bribing court officials to make up facts.

Sheriff is a derivation of the words “shire-reeve”. Reeve is itself a
derivation of the word “graffe”, a German word meaning Count. So a
sherrif is really a count, a Respresentave of the King in a given
county.

Tires are an integral part of a car. A car is worthless without them.
An engine however, is an easily removable part of a car, so it’s perfectly
fine to sell a car without it’s engine.

A contract occurs when and where acceptance is communicated. So if you
accept an offer over the phone, make sure you ask where the other
person is or else your contract may end up being governed by Ghanian
law. And don’t get me started on email.

It is apparently possible to strangle someone while you’re blacked out.
Supreme Court of Canada said, in a polite way, that this is bull…

Judges have an indirect say in setting their salary.

Your spouse is always your biggest creditor. You have written
agreements with the rest of your creditors, so why not your spouse.
Moral: never get married without a pre-nup.

Throwing lit firecrackers into crowded markets gets you in deep doo-doo.

If you’re protesting, make sure you don’t do anything illegal while
you’re at it. If your protesting costs the target company a contract
and it could be that it was due to your illegal actions, you’re on the
hook for a huge amount of money. That’s how one protester paid
several hundred thousand dollars for walking on the grass.

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