Monday, September 5, 2016

5 little-known facts about lawyers




1. Every profession has its own professional vocabulary. Now a lawyer, he is 15 000 words. To understand how this is a lot, I must say that the ordinary worker professional vocabulary of up to 7 000 words, and a farmer - up to 1600.


2. The most bizarre case was filed by Robert Lee Brock in 1995. He presents it to itself in the amount of $ 5 million. For having changed their religious principles and stolen property in a state of intoxication. He asked to sentence yourself to 23 years in prison. Robert Lee Brock was not mad, he just wanted to get rid of the right to work, that would have happened in the case of a prison sentence. The state would cover the amount of the claim, and it would have been very favorable terms. But the court dismissed his case.

3. Another strange thing might come Richard Overton. He also rejected the claim in 1991, when he wanted to sue the beer company Anheuser-Busch for $ 10 000 that he had been deceived. On the labels of beer Bud Light Richard Overton saw the beauties, which, according to advertising, were to appear in his life. However, when a beautiful woman next to him was not, he realized that he felt not only material losses, but also mental suffering. At this thought, he immediately went to court, but, as we have said before, he was denied the claim.

4. Louis XII once said that lawyers can turn out and shred laws, like the shoemaker when he works with the skin. And indeed it is. Today, available online at the moment even legal advice, these experts know their business. In the words of Jaroslav Hasek, lawyer pervert the facts so that you believe in what this man was bitten by a dog, but it is not him.

5. And finally, some statistics - 27 American presidents (from 43h) were lawyers by training.

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