Q. What food would a well bred
lawyer give an adversary ?
A. A re-butter or Surrey-butter
(butter fully equal to Goshen.)
Q. Has a declaration many inci
dents ?
A. Yes. But the incidents arc sel
dom very original or striking (unless
in a case of assault and battery;) al
though the incidents, like those of a
novel, involve the principal character
in many trials.
Q. Who invented special pleading?
A. His Satanic Majesty! (The
d—l, he did?)
Q. Who was the greatest martyr to
the system ?
A. Sergeant Steph n, author of a
work on the subject.
Q. What royal personages contrib
ute to a declaration ?
A. Counts. Titles in law arc quite
as uncertain generally as are counts.
<2. Give an example ot u money
count ?
A. Count D'Orsay.
<2. What female is always fatal to a
declaration ?
A. Mis-nomer (a cousin of Miss
[ Romer, the vocalist.)
Q. For what purpose might a tailor
be advantageously added to the list of
, legal officers ?
A. For repairing the breaches of •
contractor.
Q. Who is de bene esse?
h. A cousin in law of Sig. Do Beg
ins the buffi).
Q. Supposing a defendant neglects
to appear at trial ?
A. Dc-fault is his.
Q. In what way can a defendant set
tle a suit commenced for money lent,
&c. ?
A. By tender (see smiles and beef
steaks.) It is a singular thing that a
skinny old hag of a witness can never
prove a tender made.
Q. How may a defendant get a stay
,of proceeding?
A. By an order from the judge to
withdraw a whalebone from the corset
of justice.
Q. Who of all legal authors is the
most forward chit ?
A. Chitty.
