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  2. Appeal to ridicule - Wikipedia

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    Appeal to ridicule (also called appeal to mockery, ad absurdo, or the horse laugh) [1] is an informal fallacy which presents an opponent's argument as absurd, ridiculous, or humorous, and therefore not worthy of serious consideration.

  3. List of Latin legal terms - Wikipedia

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    Generally, a statement from a court that a writ is allowed (i.e. granted); most commonly, a grant of leave to appeal by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in reference to which the word is used equivalently to certiorari (q.v.) elsewhere. / ˌ æ l l oʊ k eɪ t ʊr / alter ego: another I A second identity living within a person. / ˌ ɒ l t ...

  4. Straight face test - Wikipedia

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    The straight face test (also laugh test or giggle test) is a test of whether something is legitimate or serious based on whether a given statement or legal argument can be made sincerely, without any compulsion to laugh. [1] The phrase goes back to about 1987. [2]

  5. 80-year-old woman cracks up court room with jokes

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    Dolores Sheinis appeared in a Florida court last week for a bond hearing and left with a few new fans.

  6. Mockery - Wikipedia

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    In philosophical argument, the appeal to ridicule (also called appeal to mockery, ab absurdo, or the horse laugh [18]) is an informal fallacy which presents an opponent's argument as absurd, ridiculous, or humorous, and therefore not worthy of serious consideration. Appeal to ridicule is often found in the form of comparing a nuanced ...

  7. Lists of legal terms - Wikipedia

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    The following pages contain lists of legal terms: List of Latin legal terms; List of legal abbreviations; List of legal abbreviations (canon law) on Wiktionary: Appendix: English legal terms; Appendix: Glossary of legal terms

  8. 'Live, laugh, love': The most crushing Gen Z insult, explained

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    On TikTok, the hashtag #LiveLaughLove has more than 1.2 billion views.Many of these videos feature teens giving tours of their homes in which multiple "Live, laugh, love" signs appear, typically ...

  9. Mass killer Breivik makes Nazi salute at court appeal ... - AOL

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    Breivik made the gesture as he entered the courtroom at the start of the Jan. 10-18 hearing about his detention since he massacred 77 people in 2011.