THE LANGUAGE OF THE LAW
If I were to give you this apple,' said a lawyer to a little girl of whom he was. very fond, ' I should simply say, "I give you this apple"; but should the transaction be intrusted to a lawyer to put in writing he would say: " ' I hereby give, grant, and convey to you all my interest, right, title, and advantage of and in said apple, together with its rind, skin, juice, pulp, and pips and # all rights and advantages therein, wjth full power to bite', suck or otherwise eat the same, or give away with or without the rind, juice, pulp, or pips, anything hereinbefore, or in any other deed or deeds, instruments of any nature or kind whatsoever, to the contrary in^anywise notwithstanding.'
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5, 4 February 1909, Page 198
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130THE LANGUAGE OF THE LAW New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5, 4 February 1909, Page 198
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