# Dress code in court **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 4, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-code-in-court/984994 "2023-06-04T18:11:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-code-in-court/984994/41 "2023-06-07T00:33:06Z")
> **Off-topic, hidden** > > > [@hajario](#): > > > > Yes but you are still on call for up to a week where you have to call in the evening before to see if you have to show up. - > > I guess it varies by area. My last time, I was on call for Monday morning (call in Sunday night). I was told by the recording that I was not needed and my service was complete. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-code-in-court/984994/42 "2023-06-07T02:14:00Z")
> **Off-topic, hidden** > > > [@Tamerlane](#): > > > > The new thing (in my area at least) of calling the Superior Court in the evening to see if you’re needed only to be told to check in again tomorrow after 11 in the morning to see if they need you that afternoon drives me nuts. Traffic in my area is frequently bad even in the middle of the day and if you get called in for a 12:30 slot, it can be a serious scramble to get to the courthouse on time. Must work for the courts, but it is a lot of stress on the jurors. > > Some 30 years ago, they did something like that here in Minneapolis. > Jurors had to show up at 8am. But if you worked downtown and could report to the Courthouse within an hour, you were released to go to your job downtown. I can’t remember if they called your work number, or if you had to call in just before lunch to see if you had to report at 1pm. > > Seemed to work pretty well. Took less than an hour out of the work day, so not much problem at all. Especially back then, when half the employees seemed to work in the downtown area. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-code-in-court/984994/43 "2023-06-07T03:58:20Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > (I once had a judge call me to the bench to remind me to button my top button on my shirt. It was night court, and he was fighting to keep it as formal as the day court. I hate it when the judge tells me my tabs are on crooked over my black sleeved waistcoat. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-code-in-court/984994/44 "2023-06-07T09:37:32Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I wonder what would happen if someone changed their name to Albert Fuckthepolice. Have their been rulings on whether such names must be respected in official proceedings? I’ll have to refer to the case of _Rex v. Roger Fuckbythenavele_. > **[First use of the word 'f\*\*k' found in 1310 court case](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3231176/The-curse-Defendant-1310-English-court-case-given-nickname-Roger-Fuckebythenavele-historians-say-recorded-use-insult.html)** > > Dr Paul Booth of Keele University spotted the name in 'Roger Fuckebythenavele' in the Chester county court plea rolls from December 8, 1310, and believes it was a nickname. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-code-in-court/984994/45 "2023-06-07T12:51:07Z")
@running_coach and @Tim_T-Bonham.net , I refer you to my previous mod note. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-code-in-court/984994/46 "2023-06-11T22:37:50Z")
On ‘Court Cam’ a judge busted a young man for saggy jeans. He argued incessantly with her his underwear were not showing that that was his basketball shorts. She told him I don’t care. Pull up your pants and tighten your belt. He wouldn’t do it to suit her so she sat him down and he had to wait til all the other cases were heard. When he was called back up he had removed his jeans and just had on shorts. She sent him to jail on contempt. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-code-in-court/984994.md?page=2)