Legal jokes

A man went to his lawyer and told him, "My neighbour owes me $500 and he doesn't want to pay up. What should I do?"

"Do you have any proof?", asked the lawyer.

"Nope," replied the man.

"Okay, then write him a letter asking him for the $1,000 he owes you,"
said the lawyer.

"But it's only $500!" replied the man.

"Precisely, that's what he will reply and we will have the proof we need," said the lawyer. 
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The professor of a Contract Law class asked one of his better students, "If you were to give someone an orange, how would you go about it?"

The student replied, "Here's an orange."

The professor was outraged."No! No! Think like a lawyer!"

The student then replied, "Ok. I will tell him - "I hereby give and convey to you all and singular, my estate and interests, rights, claim, title 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 and hereinafter or in any deed, or deeds,
instruments of whatever nature or kind whatsoever to the contrary in
anywise notwithstanding.
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A dog ran into a butcher shop and grabbed a roast off the counter.
Fortunately, the butcher recognised the dog as belonging to a
neighbour of his. The neighbour happened to be a lawyer. Incensed at
the theft, the butcher called up his neighbour and said, "Hey, if your
dog stole a roast from my butcher shop, would you be liable for the
cost of the meat?"

The lawyer replied, "Of course, how much was the roast?"

"$7.98."

A few days later the butcher received a cheque in the mail for $7.98.
Attached to it was an invoice that read : 'Legal Consultation Service:
$150.
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The lawyer's son wanted to follow in his father's footsteps, so he
went to law school. He graduated with Honours, and then went home to
join his father's legal firm.

At the end of his first day at work he rushed into his father's
office, and said, "Father, you know what, in one day I managed to
solve the accident case that you've been working on for 10 years!"

His father responded : " You idiot, we lived on the funding of that
case for 10 years!"