by Matt Barr

Legal terms that are not dirty euphemisms

In honor of Anna Nicole Smith having her case heard today by the Supreme Court, here are the top ten legal terms that may have been bandied about during her litigation which sound like tawdry euphemisms but really aren't.

10. Bound over

9. Hornbook

8. Almost anything Latin (e.g.: Subpoena duces tecum)

7. Rebuttable presumption

6. Heat of passion

5. Shepardizing one's cites

4. Abatement of freehold

3. Polling the jury

2. Dictum

1. Pocket part

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