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If that ''is'' your caper, don’t expect words on paper, however exquisitely turned, to help you. | If that ''is'' your caper, don’t expect words on paper, however exquisitely turned, to help you. | ||
There is a | There is a (home made, admittedly) {{tag|Latin}} maxim – ''[[Anus matronae parvae malas leges faciunt|anus matronae parvae malas leges faciunt]]'' (“little old ladies make bad law”) which, even though I made it up, may be the final, deepest foundation of the law of [[equity]]. It has a converse expression, also home made and converted into {{tag|Latin}} to make it sound plausible: [[non mentula esse]]: don’t be a dick. Be clear about what you want, and be a good egg, and you have little to fear from her majesties judiciary. [[Bonum ovum esse]], you know? | ||
It is true that [[common law]] formulated in the service of [[wronged spinsters]] presents later courts who are bound by it with hefty intellectual challenges, but no self respecting judge shies away from those – they’re what {{sex|she}} took the oath for in the first place. | It is true that [[common law]] formulated in the service of [[wronged spinsters]] presents later courts who are bound by it with hefty intellectual challenges, but no self respecting judge shies away from those – they’re what {{sex|she}} took the oath for in the first place. | ||