Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Limb of the Law (A).

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Limb.

Limberham.

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


Limb of the Law (A).

A lawyer, or a clerk articled to a lawyer. The hands are limbs of the body, and the lawyer’s clerks are his hands to copy out what the head of the office directs.	1

Limb.

Limberham.

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