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[[File:Stripey House.png|thumb|right|when little old ladies make [[excellent]] law.]] {{maximgeneration}} | [[File:Stripey House.png|thumb|right|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''”. | {{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. | ||