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Cybersai

Banned
Jan 8, 2018
11,631
I mean, aren't these people professional lawyers who passed the BAR exam and abide by the law of their juristiction or the U.S.? So why is it saying they "practice" law. When you practice something that means you're not good at it, like you practice riding a bicycle or playing baseball or something.

If you're practicing law you should know what you're doing especially if you're defending people in serious life situations. Shouldn't it be called, "I abide by the law," or "I teach the law?"
 
Oct 25, 2017
1,465
Dictionary is your friend:

prac·tice
ˈpraktəs/
noun
  1. the actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method as opposed to theories about such application or use.
    "the principles and practice of teaching"
    synonyms: application, exercise, use, operation, implementation, execution
  2. repeated exercise in or performance of an activity or skill so as to acquire or maintain proficiency in it.
    "it must have taken a lot of practice to become so fluent"
    synonyms: training, rehearsal, repetition, preparation;
 

Woolley

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
2,422
Professional athletes practice every day. Are you saying they are bad at their sport because they have to practice?
 

Deleted member 12224

user requested account closure
Banned
Oct 27, 2017
6,113
Your first lesson is to trace the origin of the phrase and find dictionaries in use at that time and determine the meaning of the phrase at its origin.

Your next lesson is to think about if that's a wise philosophy for divining the meaning of a phrase or if modern understandings should take precedence over original meaning.
 

nded

Member
Nov 14, 2017
10,585
To practice something just means to do it, regardless of if it's to develop/maintain skill or in a professional capacity.
 

L Thammy

Spacenoid
Member
Oct 25, 2017
50,067
practicalicing law

taking what exists only on paper and putting it into practical
 

Couleurs

Member
Oct 25, 2017
4,354
Denver, CO
"Why do they call it taking a dump, you aren't taking it anywhere. They should call it leaving a dump" - noted scholars Beavis and Butthead
 

Jintor

Saw the truth behind the copied door
Member
Oct 25, 2017
32,458
Because mortal law is only a test run for the ecclesiastical courts after death
 

BlackGoku03

Member
Oct 25, 2017
7,275
It's the same concept as doctors practicing medicine. It's really just a special status that protects them from criminal charges when they fuck up.
 

Vern

Banned
Oct 26, 2017
5,097
OP read the dictionary at 1.5x speed and missed the other definition.
 

RiOrius

Member
Oct 27, 2017
6,083
What's up with dusting? You don't want to put dust on your furniture. Should be called undusting, amirite?
 

Stinkles

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
20,459
Practice means the repetition of an action, craft or trade. Practice in the modern sense simply means that repetition may provide expertise.
 

MotionBlue

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
738
Law changes pretty fast, Lawyers continue to work in the field and study because of that fact.
 

1upsuper

Member
Jan 30, 2018
5,489
You practice law and you practice medicine. To put something into practice is not just to attempt it in the hopes of improving; it can also mean to apply something to a real life situation.
 

gnomed

Member
Oct 28, 2017
1,298
US
Do you call folks from New Mexico, "New Mexicans?" Are people born in New Mexico, Mexican citizens or U.S. citizens?
 

patientzero

Member
Oct 25, 2017
4,729
They call them fingers, yet they don't fing.

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