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"[N]o more than handing a document to a sheep and saying "By not repudiating this agreement, I may eat you." establishes a mutual and common intent."

The definition betrays the age of the by-law which was passed in 1963.

"[T]he only sensible course is to follow the time-honoured maxim, 'Sue everybody in sight.'"

Zamboni

[M]otorcycles could filter in and fill up the spaces between the vehicle lanes, like styrofoam peanuts filling empty space in a shipping box.

Watchmen

[I]nhibitions are relaxed. Those nights do not always end well.

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The Rule Against Perpetuities is a notoriously difficult area of law–able to confound even the sharpest legal minds. The C.E.D. provides a clear and concise explanation of this topic, deftly illuminating the logic behind the Rule. Behold!

[a] long, difficult and often bloody struggle between the Crown and Parliament culminated in the victory of the Parliamentarians in the so-called “Glorious Revolution”

In other words, these groups or individuals seek to avoid income tax obligations without any proper legal foundation.

Emotion is an "instinctive ... feeling as distinguished from reasoning or knowledge" and is therefore subjective