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Fay - Apr 26, 2003 9:49:14 am PDT #4216 of 9843
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

I should admit at this point that I have never bought a property and know less than nothing about buying property. To the best of my knowledge, house prices continue to be beyond hideous in London - I know they were supposed to drop a bit, but I don't know whether they have. It's not something I keep abreast of. They're going up up up all the time in the North, though, heaven help us.

To the best of my very very limited knowledge, the survey means checking out the property - the building and everything, not just the land. But I may be on crack.

§ ita § - Apr 26, 2003 9:53:43 am PDT #4217 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What is the Scottish version of Miranda?

Raffles - Apr 26, 2003 10:51:59 am PDT #4218 of 9843

Probably Mirrrrrrrrranda ita !

Yes the survey covers the condition of the building and looks at what might be being built in the environs in the forseeable future.

The legal search covers the boundaries and suchlike.

Fay - Apr 26, 2003 11:17:18 am PDT #4219 of 9843
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

Why is it called the Miranda speech? Is there a bit about Brave New Worlds?

Sean K - Apr 26, 2003 11:27:06 am PDT #4220 of 9843
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Why is it called the Miranda speech?

It's based on a criminal case here in the States, where the defendant's last name was Miranda. The defendant was a Spanish speaker who was convicted without ever being made aware of his rights to a lawyer, and to not have to talk to the police.

Raffles - Apr 26, 2003 11:37:32 am PDT #4221 of 9843

But we don't refer to it as 'Mirandising' in the UK.

It's called 'Being Read Your Rights'.

Trudy Booth - Apr 26, 2003 12:14:05 pm PDT #4222 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Is "gazumping" an actual legal term?

Now I'm imagining red-faced men in funny wigs saying it in great earnest.

No wonder you people spawned Monty Python.

But we don't refer to it as 'Mirandising' in the UK.

Do y'all name statutes after the cases that spawned them? Would you call it "That Bloody WOG Who Ruined All The Interrougation Fun"?

;-P

Fay - Apr 26, 2003 12:37:45 pm PDT #4223 of 9843
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

Is "gazumping" an actual legal term?

I think so. Not sure.

Would you call it "That Bloody WOG Who Ruined All The Interrougation Fun"?

Um. No. And we don't tend to name laws after the people who spawned them as often as you folks do, I think.

Theodosia - Apr 26, 2003 1:32:26 pm PDT #4224 of 9843
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

It's a very little known fact that 'being read the Riot Act' is actually named after a certain Lord Riot. (It was originally a Norman name.)

§ ita § - Apr 26, 2003 2:13:24 pm PDT #4225 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I want to be read the Rio Act.

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