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#161785 - 08/26/06 09:54 AM pollicitation
murraystone stranger Registered: 09/05/05 Posts: 4 Loc: Alberta, Canada	What a great legal word! In contract law, students follow a process that starts with a preliminary suggestion (a so-called "invitation to treat", followed by an offer and finally acceptance. If other preconditions are satisfied, the result is a legally enforceable promise: a contract. What was missing was a word for an offer that had been communicated but not yet accepted. How quickly "pollicitation" insinuates itself into the vocabulary of contract law specialists will be a measure of the popularity of the Wordsmith list in the profession! _________________________ Murray Stone, Westerose, Alberta
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#161786 - 08/26/06 10:02 AM Re: pollicitation
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	...and I don't think there's anywhere in the U.S. that you could be employed as a barrister.
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#161787 - 08/29/06 02:31 PM Re: pollicitation
Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2154 Loc: British Columbia, Canada	Why Jackie? Don't you got none?
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#161788 - 08/29/06 02:49 PM Re: pollicitation
Sparteye Pooh-Bah Registered: 01/05/01 Posts: 1773	Quote: Why Jackie? Don't you got none? Nope. "Barrister" is, as my Webster's says, chiefly British. Is the term Canadian, too? A barrister, in the UK, is a lawyer admitted to present cases to a court. The function is bifurcated from the role of attorney and counselor as to legal matters out of court. In the US, the functions are performed by the same person. A person licensed as a lawyer in the 50 may represent people in court, as well as advise them as to other legal matters. The term "barrister" is not used.
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#161789 - 08/29/06 06:46 PM Re: pollicitation
Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2154 Loc: British Columbia, Canada	We're missing one. Oh yes, "Wall, ffilbert and Brazil, Barristers and Solicitors" Do solicitors go to court or just do the wills, property etc? Agatha's novels never spelt it out.
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#161790 - 08/30/06 12:33 AM Re: pollicitation
Bingley Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/09/00 Posts: 3065 Loc: Jakarta	It used to be the case that solicitors just did wills, property and give general advice, but I believe the situation has changeed since Agatha shuffled off this mortal coil and solicitors can now appear in the lower courts. _________________________ Bingley
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#161791 - 10/19/06 07:05 PM Re: pollicitation
Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/06/00 Posts: 2788 Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA	One used to say that one could distinguish a barrister from a solicitor by their location: barristers were in court and solicitors were in the office. This might be an antique distinction.
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