What is the Scottish version of Miranda?
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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.
Why is it called the Miranda speech? Is there a bit about Brave New Worlds?
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.
But we don't refer to it as 'Mirandising' in the UK.
It's called 'Being Read Your Rights'.
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"?
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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.
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.)
I want to be read the Rio Act.
BTW as I remember we didn't get the Miranda decision until 1966 in the U.S. Didn't the British custom of "warning" defendents occur much earlier - actually putting you ahead in one civil liberty?