grow teeth v. phr.— «If the law grows teeth, either by the power of taxation or by outlawing home taping, it could curtail the sale and import of cassette recorders and parts for their repair, thus bringing this rapidly growing field to a...
hully-gully adj.— «That “hully-gully” pass play TCU pulled last year to tumble previously unbeaten Texas was legal by inches, a football rules authority said Tuesday.…Any number of forward handoffs are legal in the...
tombstoning n.— «Morris also told of recent indications that Medicaid, Social Security and other HEW claims are being filed in the names of dead persons. The subcomittee chairman, Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), called this “tombstoning...
chop n.— «A gay supply officer aboard a nuclear submarine based in Norfolk heard that Clinton was lifting the military’s ban on homosexuals.…”I thought the change was imminent, that it was just going to happen really quickly...
dump truck n.— «Some lawyers contend that a handful of high-volume practitioners like Stern have bled the Ontario Legal Aid Plan dry by setting up veritable plea factories. They’ve even given them a name: “dumptrucks...
dump truck n.— «Clients often refer to their public defenders as “dump trucks,” a term that apparently derives from the defendant’s belief that defenders are not interested in giving a vigorous defense, but rather seek only to...