Law Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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dummy defense n. The Enron Corp. trial opening Jan. 30 in Houston is shaping up to be the biggest test yet of the so-called idiot defense.…No chief executive “knows everything going on in his company,” Lay said in one of his speeches, so no one should expect him to take responsibility for the crimes of an executive he portrays as Enron’s chief villain. “I did not know what he was doing.”…It’s…also known as the “dummy” or “ostrich” defense. [ Language English Subject Law] [full cite] (Jan. 5, 2006)

dump truck n. “Dump truck” is what attorney’s call other attorney’s who mostly just plead their clients guilty, instead of trying cases. [English Law Slang] [full cite] (Mar. 20, 2005)

dump truck n. Clients often refer to their public defenders as “dump trucks,” a term that apparently derives from the defendant’s belief that defenders are not interested in giving a vigorous defense, but rather seek only to “dump” them as quickly as possible. [English Law Slang] [full cite] (Mar. 20, 2005)

dump truck n. Some lawyers contend that a handful of high-volume practitioners like Stern have bled the Ontario Legal Aid Plan dry by setting up veritable plea factories. They’ve even given them a name: “dumptrucks.” [English Law Derogatory Slang] [full cite] (Mar. 20, 2005)

dump truck n. dump truck (dump truk) n. Slang. A criminal lawyer who seldom fights a case, but who plea-bargains his way to a fast guilty plea. [English Law Derogatory Slang] [full cite] (Mar. 20, 2005)

dump truck n. Mr. Minkin is what some drug lawyers deride as a “dump truck,” an attorney whose clients plead guilty and cooperate. Indeed, the 59-year-old Mr. Minkin says he is “second to none in…knowing how to make deals.” [English Law Derogatory Slang] [full cite] (Mar. 20, 2005)

dump truck n. Once they realize you’re not resisting their demand to go to trial and their demand that they pay you some attention…then they will drop their resistance to a plea bargain based specifically on you as the dump truck who doesn’t care about them. [English Law Slang] [full cite] (Mar. 21, 2005)

dynamite charge n. Judge Katz read the jury what is known as the “Allen charge.” Euphemistically called the “dynamite charge,” it reminds a potentially deadlocked jury of what is at stake if it fails to reach a unanimous verdict and a mistrial is declared. [English Law Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 2, 2007)

Elton John and Kiki Dee n. A Dionne Warwick, however, is not as bad as an Elton John and Kiki Dee, which means there has been repeated heart breaking events. John and Dee, of course, are known for their duet of Don’t Go Breaking My Heart. [English United Kingdom Law Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 15, 2007)

Eric B and Rakim n. One of the more bizarre terms has to be Eric B and Rakim, which means a “zero balance fee note.” The phrase ironically comes from the rappers” hip-hop classic Paid in Full. [English United Kingdom Law Money & Finance Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 15, 2007)

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