Ground Nuts Order

The Ground Nuts Order is a parody of United Kingdom Legalese.^[1]

Its full title is the "Nuts (unground), (other than ground nuts) Order".^[2]

The alleged abstract of the act reads:

"In the Nuts (unground), (other than ground nuts) Order, the expression nuts shall have reference to such nuts, other than ground nuts, as would but for this amending Order not qualify as nuts (unground) (other than ground nuts) by reason of their being nuts (unground)". However, no reference for this alleged act is ever cited in sources quoting the above abstract and it must be assumed to be a joke. It is said to have been a creation of the UK satirical magazine, Private Eye.^{[citation needed]}

Ground nuts (peanuts) were introduced in the last days of the British Empire into Tanganyika (now Tanzania) where they failed to grow.^[3] The "Ground Nuts Order" was supposedly created as a tariff or import tax to prevent the crop being sold at a loss. However no such legislation exists so the Order is regarded as a parody.^[4]

It is often used as an example of Gobbledegook or Legalese.

References

^ Renton, Nick (26 July 2009). "Plain English". Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
^ "Judicial World Records". lawyerment.com.
^ O'Rourke, P. J. Eat the Rich.
^ Webb, Julian (2019). Learning Legal Rules: A Students' Guide to Legal Method and Reasoning. Oxford University Press. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-19-879990-0.

[1] Renton, Nick (26 July 2009). "Plain English". Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.

[2] "Judicial World Records". lawyerment.com.

[3] O'Rourke, P. J. Eat the Rich.

[4] Webb, Julian (2019). Learning Legal Rules: A Students' Guide to Legal Method and Reasoning. Oxford University Press. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-19-879990-0.

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Ground Nuts Order

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