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Legal Doublets

Part and parcel, indicating an integral component, is one of many legal doublets in English consisting of two words that mean essentially the same thing. Others include law and order, cease and desist, will and testament, sole and exclusive. There...

Cease and Desist

Cease and desist may seem redundant to the layperson -it’s sort of like saying “stop and stop”— but for lawyers, it’s a leak-proof way to say, stop and don’t ever do this again. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Cease and Desist”...

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