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“calculated” is a {{f|flannel}}ish word which, in the mouth of a lawyer, means “likely to have a certain effect”. It does ''not'' imply any intention on the event’s author to bring that effect about. | “calculated” is a {{f|flannel}}ish word which, in the mouth of a lawyer, means “likely to have a certain effect”. It does ''not'' imply any intention on the event’s author to bring that effect about. | ||
{{quote|Brownlow lent imperceptibly forward, whereupon the most rambunctious flatulence issued into the after-dinner stillness. Thus exhausted, he collapsed gently into his chair with a beatific expression on his ruddy face, a capitulation calculated to outrage those present who | {{quote|''Brownlow lent imperceptibly forward, whereupon the most rambunctious flatulence issued into the after-dinner stillness. Thus exhausted, he collapsed gently into his chair with a beatific expression on his ruddy face, a capitulation calculated to outrage those present who were not scrabbling at their neck-ties, gasping for oxygen.''}} | ||
To my inexperienced forensic brain, in my first criminal law tutorial in 1988, I felt calculated implies some calculation. I said so, stridently, and refused to back down. I am still not repentant, even though I failed criminal law. | To my inexperienced forensic brain, in my first criminal law tutorial in 1988, I felt calculated implies some calculation. I said so, stridently, and refused to back down. I am still not repentant, even though I failed criminal law. | ||
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“calculated” is a flannelish word which, in the mouth of a lawyer, means “likely to have a certain effect”. It does not imply any intention on the event’s author to bring that effect about.
Brownlow lent imperceptibly forward, whereupon the most rambunctious flatulence issued into the after-dinner stillness. Thus exhausted, he collapsed gently into his chair with a beatific expression on his ruddy face, a capitulation calculated to outrage those present who were not scrabbling at their neck-ties, gasping for oxygen.
To my inexperienced forensic brain, in my first criminal law tutorial in 1988, I felt calculated implies some calculation. I said so, stridently, and refused to back down. I am still not repentant, even though I failed criminal law.