One day in Contract Law class, Professor Jepson asked one of
his better students, "Now if you were to give someone an orange, how would
you go about it?"
The student replied, "Here's an orange."
The professor was livid. "No! No! Think like a
lawyer!"
The student then recited, "Okay, I'd tell him, 'I
hereby give and convey to you all and singular, my estate and interests,
rights, claim, title, calim and advantages of and in, said orange, together
with all its rind, juice, pulp, and seeds, and all rights and advantages with
full power to bite, cut, freeze and otherwise eat, the same, or give the same
away with and without the pulp, juice, rind and seeds, anything herein before
or hereinafter or in any deed, or deeds, instruments of whatever nature or kind
whatsoever to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding...
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