Now That's Some Anglo-Norman for You

(Eugene Volokh)

OK, actually Law French, but you'll see why I said Anglo-Norman. From Sir James Fitzjames Stephen's A General View of the Criminal Law of England (1890), a seemingly highly reputable work:


Another remarkable matter in connection with the law of nuisances is the nature and extent of the limitations upon it. To a considerable extent the law upon the subject is made up of compromises. It is said in an old case in regard to candle-making in a town, "Le utility del chose excusera le noisomeness del stink."


The Law French Wikipedia entry quotes another famous example (search for "extraordinarily debased").







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