This semester in Civil Procedure II we went over the laws, regluations and process of jury selection. In it we learned about voir dire. I found one of the more interesting definitions of this term today, not one that my professor would ever provide.

Voir dire - A fancy French term for interviewing prospective jurors and systematically eliminating anyone with an IQ over 20 from the jury.

Other gems include:

Common law - Kooky legal doctrine wherein judges are allowed to make up the law as they go along, citing precedents of other knuckle head judges as the basis for their home cooked decisions. Under the table payoffs and campaign contributions from lawyers pleading their cases are common components taken into consideration when common law is determined by judges.

Rule of law - Lawyers make the rules - and that’s the law.

For more unique definitions go look at Power of Attorneys.