Advocacy Quotes

“Less and fewer. Less applies to a reduced quantity. Fewer applies to a reduced number:”
― David Ross, Advocacy

“substantial and substantive Don’t mix these adjectives. Substantial means essential, ample, solidly based. Substantive in the legal setting generally means statutory, depending on the written law for its authority.”
― David Ross, Advocacy

“condign This word means well deserved, especially of punishment. Courts often use it wrongly to mean severe.”
― David Ross, Advocacy