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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts) Fri Sep 4, 2020, 12:58 PM Sep 2020

Res ipsa loquitur

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Res ipsa loquitur (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2020 OP

For those not in the know: It (the thing) speaks for itself. marybourg Sep 2020 #1

If the thing speaks for itself ... Cicada Sep 2020 #2

Outstanding! ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #3

marybourg

(12,584 posts)

1. For those not in the know: It (the thing) speaks for itself.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Fri Sep 4, 2020, 01:07 PM

Sep 2020

Cicada

(4,533 posts)

2. If the thing speaks for itself ...

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Fri Sep 4, 2020, 03:29 PM

Sep 2020

A classmate of mine clerked for one of the great California Supreme Court judges known for being one of the country’s finest legal writers. My classmate early on submitted a proposed draft of an opinion, using the phrase res ipsa loquitor, meaning the thing speaks for itself. The sponge left in the stomach after surgery proves malpractice, the sponge speaks for itself, as an example. And got back the comment, if the damned thing speaks for itself how come it doesn’t speak English?

ProfessorGAC

(64,827 posts)

3. Outstanding!

Reply to Cicada (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 4, 2020, 03:42 PM

Sep 2020

Great story. Really funny!

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