Portal:Law/Did you know/13

• ... that the Prime Minister of Hyderabad Sir Kishen Pershad (pictured) passed the Mulki regulation which gave more preference to local citizens than Britishers in administrative posts of the state?

• ... that the Leges Henrici Primi (written c. 1115) sets out a list of royal pleas or pleas of the crown, crimes that could only be tried in front of the king or his officials?

• ... that English barrister Joseph Keble went to the Court of King's Bench every day from 1661 to 1710, but was never known to have a brief for a client?

• ... that the English case of Pepper v Hart, at first accepted by the judiciary, has "been reduced to such an extent that the ruling has almost become meaningless"?

• ... that according to one theory, English secret trusts are entirely constructed by the courts?

• ... that St. Louis County police officers arrested engineers and announcers of KXLW because their tower violated local zoning laws?

• ... that two sections of the British 1973 Sale of Goods Act were completely identical?

Source

1. Template:Did you know nominations/Kishen Pershad (April 2019)
2. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/February
3. Wikipedia:Recent additions 241
4. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/March
5. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/June
6. Template:Did you know nominations/KSIV (AM) (December 2019)
7. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/January