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curprev 20:3920:39, 5 June 2024 Albany NY talk contribs m 11,576 bytes +3 →Reasons favoured: comma undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 03:5203:52, 2 June 2023 HeyElliott talk contribs m 11,573 bytes +28 Fixed citation undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 05:4605:46, 25 November 2022 BobKilcoyne talk contribs 11,545 bytes +27 Doctrine of absurdity: assume that Plowden, Dougherty and Brennan all mean Edward II of England when they refer to the statute of "1st Edward II"? undo

curprev 07:5707:57, 21 August 2022 Citation bot talk contribs 11,518 bytes +32 Alter: title. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by BrownHairedGirl | #UCB_webform 3467/3828 undo

curprev 02:5602:56, 5 May 2022 2601:c4:c300:5110:f543:20f3:4bc7:bfad talk 11,486 bytes +23 →See also: Bright-line rule undo

curprev 14:0614:06, 22 July 2021 165.83.133.248 talk 11,463 bytes −108 →Criticism: The whole point of the critique is that it doesn't offer discretion limiting undo

curprev 12:5112:51, 1 February 2021 Monkbot talk contribs m 11,571 bytes +6 Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 7 templates: hyphenate params (6×); undo Tag: AWB

curprev 16:1316:13, 7 December 2020 Monkbot talk contribs m 11,565 bytes −12 Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 7 templates: del empty params (2×); hyphenate params (2×); undo Tag: AWB

curprev 09:3509:35, 31 October 2020 MichaelMaggs talk contribs 11,577 bytes +79 British English undo
curprev 09:3409:34, 31 October 2020 MichaelMaggs talk contribs 11,498 bytes −50 Undid revision 986275702 by 73.119.134.196 (talk) Parliament does not apply the Mischief Rule, or the Golden Rule. That is for the courts undo Tag: Undo

curprev 21:0821:08, 30 October 2020 73.119.134.196 talk 11,548 bytes +50 No edit summary undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 23:2223:22, 22 July 2020 Bender235 talk contribs m 11,498 bytes −58 No edit summary undo

curprev 17:0317:03, 8 March 2020 MichaelMaggs talk contribs 11,556 bytes −206 Added text in brackets does not seem to make sense in that position undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 15:0215:02, 7 March 2020 SamuelHan45 talk contribs 11,762 bytes +2 No edit summary undo
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curprev 14:5714:57, 7 March 2020 SamuelHan45 talk contribs 11,556 bytes −221 Undid revision 944386127 by 2A01:388:539:150:0:0:1:136 (talk) undo Tags: Undo references removed
curprev 14:5514:55, 7 March 2020 2a01:388:539:150::1:136 talk 11,777 bytes +221 No edit summary undo

curprev 01:4801:48, 28 September 2019 Monkbot talk contribs m 11,556 bytes +4 →Meaning: Task 16: replaced (1×) / removed (0×) deprecated |dead-url= and |deadurl= with |url-status=; undo Tag: AWB

curprev 01:0401:04, 26 July 2019 Citation bot talk contribs m 11,432 bytes +174 Alter: template type. Add: volume, journal, pages, url, date, author pars. 1-1. Removed parameters. Some additions/deletions were actually parameter name changes.| You can use this bot yourself. Report bugs here.| Activated by User:Chris Capoccia | Category:Pages using citations with accessdate and no URL. undo

curprev 10:3710:37, 3 March 2019 MichaelMaggs talk contribs 11,258 bytes +82 Adding short description: "Traditional rule of statutory interpretation in English law" (Shortdesc helper) undo

curprev 16:4616:46, 10 July 2018 50.252.146.35 talk 11,176 bytes +39 →See also: Added links undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit

curprev 18:4518:45, 25 May 2018 Ira Leviton talk contribs m 11,137 bytes −12 Deleted 'ironically' - see Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Instructional_and_presumptuous_language. undo

curprev 22:3322:33, 20 November 2017 Hairy Dude talk contribs 11,149 bytes −9 →Doctrine of absurdity: capitalisation, MOS:CURLY undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
curprev 22:2522:25, 20 November 2017 Hairy Dude talk contribs 11,158 bytes +38 →Meaning: explain who Larry Solum is (redlink) undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 08:3308:33, 8 September 2017 KolbertBot talk contribs m 11,120 bytes +1 Bot: HTTP→HTTPS undo

curprev 13:2913:29, 27 June 2017 Bender the Bot talk contribs m 11,119 bytes +1 →Soft plain meaning rule: HTTP→HTTPS for SCOTUS, Oyez Project and Cornell Law, per BRFA 8 using AWB undo

curprev 18:1418:14, 17 June 2017 Me, Myself, and I are Here talk contribs m 11,118 bytes +4 punct., cap, template sectionlink undo

curprev 03:0903:09, 19 March 2017 CitationCleanerBot talk contribs m 11,114 bytes −50 →Doctrine of Absurdity: Cleanup SSRN links. Report bugs, errors, and suggestions at User talk:CitationCleanerBot. undo

curprev 18:5718:57, 25 September 2016 Timrollpickering talk contribs m 11,164 bytes +20 rename cat per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 September 2, replaced: Category:Legal terms → Category:Legal terminology using AWB undo

curprev 16:3316:33, 9 September 2016 Uruiamme talk contribs 11,144 bytes +107 →See also: Nix, some references undo

curprev 11:3111:31, 5 September 2016 GreenC bot talk contribs m 11,037 bytes −2 WaybackMedic 2 undo

curprev 16:3616:36, 12 April 2016 2.27.75.51 talk 11,039 bytes +3 No edit summary undo

curprev 01:4601:46, 3 April 2016 Cyberbot II talk contribs 11,036 bytes +220 Rescuing 1 sources. #IABot undo

curprev 18:1218:12, 1 April 2016 Derek R Bullamore talk contribs 10,816 bytes +584 Filling in 4 references using Reflinks undo
curprev 18:1018:10, 1 April 2016 Derek R Bullamore talk contribs 10,232 bytes −208 Filling in 1 references using Reflinks undo

curprev 19:5119:51, 19 March 2016 Dthomsen8 talk contribs 10,440 bytes +28 Added {{linkrot}} tag to article (TW) undo

curprev 20:0720:07, 29 February 2016 Pacerier talk contribs 10,412 bytes −30 →See also undo
curprev 20:0720:07, 29 February 2016 Pacerier talk contribs 10,442 bytes −20 Undid revision 707604659 by Pacerier (talk) undo
curprev 19:5919:59, 29 February 2016 Pacerier talk contribs 10,462 bytes +20 →See also undo
curprev 19:5619:56, 29 February 2016 Pacerier talk contribs 10,442 bytes +44 →See also undo

curprev 22:5622:56, 15 February 2016 Jaltcoh talk contribs m 10,398 bytes −3 →Doctrine of Absurdity: Changed "the literal reading" to "literal readings" to be consistent the rest of the sentence, which used the plural. undo
curprev 22:5522:55, 15 February 2016 Jaltcoh talk contribs 10,401 bytes −21 →Doctrine of Absurdity: Made one sentence more concise, and added missing word "literalism" to the end of another sentence. undo

curprev 01:5801:58, 27 April 2015 Billposer talk contribs 10,422 bytes −1 Corrected word. undo

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