Strange in fact, but true in law
Strange in fact, but true in law: Between Hilary Term and Michaelmas, affidavit men are NOT obliged to report chummage to the Head-Borough.
Strange in fact, but true in law: Judgements from the Exchequer of Pleas are binding only if the judge wears a full-bottomed horse-hair wig. That means none of your goat.
Strange in fact, but true in law: Wilson’s Best S.P. snuff is prohibited under the Psychoactive Substances Bill of 1715. (As is mulled sack with cinnamon).
Strange in fact, but true in law: It is an offence to wear a hanger in a frog on the Haymarket after dark; yet swords are permitted!
Strange in fact, but true in law: Huguenots, to the third generation, are forbidden from keeping brindle lurchers.
Strange in fact, but true in law: Coney-catching is a misdemeanour, whereas bat-fowling is a felony punishable by hanging.