“HAPPY WORLD LAWDAY.”Compilation of words which Lawyers use
(which makes them a class apart):
1. Lawyers don’t “correct” pleadings – They amend them.2. Lawyers don’t merely “think” – They opine.3. Lawyers don’t “outline” remedies or issues – They adumbrate them.4. Lawyers don’t “suggest” to court – They submit.5. Lawyers don’t “lie” – They misguide the audience6. Lawyers don’t “support” with evidence – They corroborate it.7. Lawyers don’t “show” in court – They demonstrate.8. Lawyers don’t “say” anything – They aver.9. Lawyers don’t “disagree with a fact” – They contend it.10. Lawyers don’t “finish submitting” – They rest their case.11. Lawyers don’t use the word “understand” – They use “construe”.12. Lawyers don’t “agree with other people’s opinions” – They concur with them.13. Lawyers don’t “investigate” – They probe.14. Lawyers don’t “disagree with other people’s opinions” – They dissent from them.15. Lawyers don’t “ask for permission” – They seek leave.16. Lawyers don’t “fall sick” – They get indisposed.17. Lawyers don’t “ask court” – They pray.18. Lawyers don’t “increase” anything – They “augment” it.19. Lawyers don’t ask court to “postpone cases” – They ask it to adjourn them.20. Lawyers don’t “find solutions” – They seek remedies.21. Lawyers “know” everything; what you think they don’t know is “what they have not addressed their minds to”.22. Lawyers don’t “go on” – They proceed.23. Lawyers don’t “refuse” – They object.24. Lawyers don’t “ask court to take a step” – They move it.25. Lawyers don’t “leave an issue” – They abandon it.26. Lawyers are not “wordy” – They articulate their point.27. Lawyers don’t “find solutions” – They resolve issues.28. Lawyers call themselves lawyers among “lay men”(all other professions and non professionals) – They call themselves “Learned Friends” when they are addressing themselves.29. Lawyers don’t “disagree” with each other – They just differ.30. Lawyers don’t “seek help” from court – They seek redress.31. Lawyers don’t “speak” in court – They address court.32. Lawyers don’t “agree” to what someone has said – They associate themselves with it.33. Lawyers don’t say something is “irrelevant or useless” – They say it is immaterial.34. Lawyers don’t “arrive” in court – They enter appearance.35. Lawyers don’t “go” to a judge – They appear before him or her.36. Lawyers don’t “die” – They relocate to God’s domicile !37. Lawyers don’t get “late” – They delay.38. Lawyers don’t “disagree” with somebody’s opinion – They dissociate themselves from it.39. Lawyers don’t “stand in for” anyone – They hold brief for them.40. Lawyers don’t ask court to “force” – They ask it to compel.41. Lawyers don’t say something is “the same”; – They say it is parimateria.42. Lawyers don’t say someone is “responsible” – They say he/she is liable.43. Lawyers don’t “explain” what they have said – They substantiate it.44. Lawyers don’t “tell lies” – They amend the facts.45. Lawyers don’t “lie” – They misrepresent.
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