L'Egalese
This crime of taking property with the intent to deprive the owner of it can be either grand or petty.
What is Larceny?
Legal doublets, as the possibly redundant phrases are called, often come in alliterative form, like "part &" this
What is parcel?
A cantaloupe that's the perpetrator of a serious misdeed
According to the Fifth Amendment, Bill can't be compelled to do this on the witness stand
What is self-incriminate?
Always in style, Justice Ginsburg was famous for wearing "dissent" these; a famous one came from Banana Republic
What is collar?
These two four-letter words often precede “and Testament” in the name of a legal document.
What is last will?
After the Norman Conquest, lawyers made sure they were clear with "last will (an Anglo-Saxon word) &" this French-derived term
What is testament?
Stealing that little indentation in someone's chin
What is a cleft theft?
According to the first amendment, the government can't establish this, but Bill is allowed to start the Billitarians
What is an official religion?
Ginsburg rather enjoyed this hip-hop nickname she got from a Tumblr blog
What is The Notorious RBG?
Disguising illegal funds and making them usable again.
What is laundering?
Legally, this known associate of "entering" means going in without permission, so the phrase is a bit repetitive
What is breaking?
The illegal killing of the guy who moves the cattle
What is a herder murder?
Bill knows that according to the 4th amendment, the police can't search his house for illegal snakes without this
What is a search warrant?
As director of the Women's Rights Project for this "Union", Ruth argued cases on gender equality before the Supreme Court
What is the ACLU?
If you want to go to Harvard Law, better ace this four-letter test used as a criterion for admission.
What is the LSAT?
The U.S. Constitution makes one state respect the laws of another in the clause called "Full Faith and" this
What is credit?
Responsibility for that sudden unprovoked attack
What is assault fault?
Bill got out of jail without having to sell his Trans Am because the eighth amendment prevents excessive this
What is bail?
Ruth began law school at Harvard but transferred to this NYC school where she became the first female tenured professor
What is Columbia Law School?
A claim upon property to secure payment of a debt.
What is a lien?
This 3-word Latin phrase means "the thing speaks for itself" but lawyers always seem to keep talking anyway
What is res ipsa loquitur?
Unlawfully lingers outside the offices of that British news agency
What is Reuter loiter?
The fifth & sixth amendments were cited in the creation of this warning in 1966, but we know Bill can't remain silent
What is Miranda?
Ginsburg said of this fellow New Yorker & justice on the opposite side of the judicial spectrum, "We were best buddies
Who is Antonin Scalia?