Not the implication of AnneJGP's post: just that if it comes and you ignore it ... The court summons will be valid if properly registered by the postman etc. It's an extremely annoying syst… (View Post)

That's normal with civil court cases, isn't it? You're called to court, you don't defend yourself ... you lose. But that isn't 'conviction'. It's only criminal… (View Post)

Didn't we sniff that particular lamppost before? (View Post)

Uniform units were more C18, in the aftermath of the 1707 takeover. One of the heroes, or at least major characters, in the Palliser novels by A. Trollope was an enthusiast for decimalising sterling.… (View Post)

PARVVM VERBORVM NOVATORVM LÉXICVM AMICVM VOSTRVM EST. https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/institutions_connected/latinitas/documents/rc_latinitas_20040601_lexicon_it.html (View Post)