[MR] Going to Court, and why do they...

[Marybeth Lavrakas]

Well, here's another 2 cents before we bury this dead
horse...

Why do we always have to have the scroll read out in
court? I can understand it in certain instances, but
I've been at a LOT of courts where it's the same
preformatted text being read out for every similar
award (just insert new name...here...).

Now, I have read about *why* this (supposedly) got
started long ago and far out West, but am interested
in people's thoughts on why we keep doing it!
Specifically when we've already been told who the
person is, what they're getting and why they're
getting it. Yes, yes, sometimes the scroll reading
isn't redundant...but sometimes it seems we just go
into a tradition rutt.

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Lady Kateryn Rous, CP
House Broussard
Windmasters Hill
http://www.geocities.com/katrous

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