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The '''Ground Nuts Order''' is a parody of United Kingdom [[Legalese]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Renton |first=Nick |url=http://nickrenton.com/329.htm |title=Plain English |accessdate=10 March 2014 |date=26 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310224910/http://nickrenton.com/329.htm |archive-date=2014-03-10}}</ref> |
The '''Ground Nuts Order''' is a parody of United Kingdom [[Legalese]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Renton |first=Nick |url=http://nickrenton.com/329.htm |title=Plain English |accessdate=10 March 2014 |date=26 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310224910/http://nickrenton.com/329.htm |archive-date=2014-03-10}}</ref> |
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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.
Ground nuts (peanuts) were introduced in the last days of the British Empire into Tanzania (then, Tanganyika) where they failed to grow.[3] The "Ground Nuts Order" was created as a tariff or import tax to prevent the crop being sold at a loss.[citation needed]
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.
See also