Word: prolix
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...Beck said: "Of all courts that I have seen, it is the simplest in form and procedure." There are no formal or lengthy " briefs," although there is a printed summary of the essential facts and the legal points involved, which is called " the case." The arguments are often inordinately prolix. Mr. Beck quoted Lord Justice Atkin as saying:" English counsel too often speak for an hour without coming within hailing distance of the point in case...
Alexander Woollcott:". . . . A vague, incoherent young play; prolix, unedited, disheveled...