# Who's world's first lawyer?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-worlds-first-lawyer/215901>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 29, 2003, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-worlds-first-lawyer/215901 "2003-11-29T11:35:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![xtian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b487fb/32.png) [@xtian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtian)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-worlds-first-lawyer/215901/1 "2003-11-29T11:35:05Z")

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They say lawyers are great liers…Now, who’s the world’s first lier, I mean lawyer??

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**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-worlds-first-lawyer/215901/2 "2003-11-29T11:40:26Z")

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Lawyers like to recline a lot??

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**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-worlds-first-lawyer/215901/3 "2003-11-29T11:57:19Z")

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Double[threads anyone?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=226092)

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**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-worlds-first-lawyer/215901/4 "2003-11-29T11:59:49Z")

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He’s up to [four](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=1024440) now.

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**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-worlds-first-lawyer/215901/5 "2003-11-29T12:16:37Z")

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That he is… I’m taking bets on where he’s posting next. That or how long it will tak for a mod to spot it.

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**Author:** ![Gmork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Gmork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gmork)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-worlds-first-lawyer/215901/6 "2003-11-29T13:14:03Z")

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ooh, my money is on the IMHO board…

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-worlds-first-lawyer/215901/7 "2003-11-29T13:18:58Z")

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Cain.

“If it please the Lord, the original Instructions make reference only to an injunction to eschew apples. No obligation to the keeping of one’s brother was included in the original contract, hence, no such obligation can be inferred _ex post facto_…”

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**Author:** ![lucwarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@lucwarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucwarm)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-worlds-first-lawyer/215901/8 "2003-11-29T13:26:29Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by elucidator \*  
> \*\*Cain.
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> “If it please the Lord, the original Instructions make reference only to an injunction to eschew apples. No obligation to the keeping of one’s brother was included in the original contract, hence, no such obligation can be inferred _ex post facto_…” \*\*

Cain was _pro se_ pal.

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**Author:** ![The\_Raven\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@The\_Raven\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Raven_1)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-worlds-first-lawyer/215901/9 "2003-11-29T15:36:55Z")

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Howyadoin,

It was probably the guy who fucked his brother out of his birthright for a mess of potage or whatever it was…

-Rav

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-worlds-first-lawyer/215901/10 "2003-11-29T16:15:22Z")

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Cross-posting (posting the same thread in multiple forums) is verboten. Please don’t do this again, **xtian**.

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**Cajun Man** ~ SDMB Moderator