Red tape white12/26/2023 ![]() ![]() His Excellency the Governor hath requested to have a certain Parcel of Land in the public Pasture, according to the Dimensions laid down in the Plat of the Town for planting or making a Garden, Vineyard or Summer-House, or other Use. Annoq Domini 1696, and ended the 2d Day of October following”, Laws of Maryland at large, with proper indexes (Annapolis, Maryland, 1765), collected and published by Thomas Bacon (circa 1711-1768), clergyman, musician, poet, publisher and author, recorded that, “ at a Session of Assembly, begun and held at the Port of Annapolis, on the 16th Day of September, in the 8th Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King William the Third, &c. Graves his Chamber in Lincoln’s Inn, they shall receive satisfaction for their pains. If any one who hath found them, will bring or send them to Mr. Also a Paper-Book bound in Leather and blue coloured Leafs. (as transcribed in Notes and Queries (London) of 11 th May 1861)Ī little bundle of Papers, tied with a red Tape, were lost on Friday last was a seven night, between Worcester-house and Lincoln’s-inn. The earliest known mention of the term red tape is from this advertisement published by a London lawyer in The Publick Intelligencer (London) of 6 th December 1658: The whole bundle is tied up with red tape in the case of a private client, white tape if the brief is from the Crown, and green tape if from one of the land authorities. A brief usually comprises a backsheet, typed on large brief-size paper giving the title of the case and including the solicitor’s instructions, which is wrapped around the other papers relevant to the case. A document or bundle of documents by which a solicitor instructs a barrister to appear as an advocate in court. The noun red tape, meaning excessive bureaucracy or adherence to official rules and formalities, refers to the use of woven red tape to tie up bundles of legal documents and official papers A Dictionary of Law (Oxford University Press – 8 th edition, 2015), edited by Jonathan Law, contains the following definition:īrief. ![]()
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