Re: [DL] Lawyering rules

[rs95065@weir.co.uk]

> > > (a kangaroo court if you will[no offense to our aussie readers]).

<snip a fine story>
 
> A fine story, but almost certainly false.  There are no citations of
> the phrase in Australia earlier than its first written appearance in
> the US in 1853.  The term is generally held to have been coined for
> an informal trial of a claim-*jumper*.

So why is it not called a "pullover court" or a "cardigan court"?

Roy "wasn't going to put my name to this..."
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