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{{a|latin|{{image|Stripey House|png|When little old ladies make ''excellent'' law.}}}}{{maximgeneration}} | |||
{{maxim|Anus matronae parvae malas leges faciunt}} is a {{tag|Latin}} maxim I made up, with a ''lot'' of help from my excellent [[secret Latin Advisor]]. It means “''[[little old ladies]] make bad law''”. | |||
For every good example of this (there is of course {{casenote|Greenclose|National Westminster Bank plc}}, and one could argue the entire modern history of equity — all those [[creatures of equity]] like [[constructive trust]]s), there are examples where little [[old ladies]] make ''excellent'' law, as in the case of the stubborn old lady called Mrs Lisle-Mainwaring who, when refused planning permission for a basement, painted her house stripey in protest. | For every good example of this (there is of course {{casenote|Greenclose|National Westminster Bank plc}}, and one could argue the entire modern history of equity — all those [[creatures of equity]] like [[constructive trust]]s), there are examples where little [[old ladies]] make ''excellent'' law, as in the case of the stubborn old lady called Mrs Lisle-Mainwaring who, when refused planning permission for a basement, painted her house stripey in protest. | ||
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We at the [[Jolly Contrarian]] are fond of people like Mrs. Lisle-Mainwaring and her spiritual counterpart, [[Albert Haddock]]. | We at the [[Jolly Contrarian]] are fond of people like Mrs. Lisle-Mainwaring and her spiritual counterpart, [[Albert Haddock]]. | ||
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{{casenote|Lisle-Mainwaring|Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea}} | *{{casenote|Lisle-Mainwaring|Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea}} | ||
*{{casenote|Greenclose|National Westminster Bank plc}} | *{{casenote|Greenclose|National Westminster Bank plc}} | ||
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{{c|Latin maxims}} | {{c|Latin maxims}} | ||