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Motifs — first 20 of 29
- Ghost appears at time of death, foils lawyer who is counterfeiting a will for the newly-deceased. E236.4.1
- Devil follows corpse when a lawyer is buried. G303.25.8
- Bad associates bring death to bishop. Doctor loses his life for him and lawyer his soul. J452
- Bought behind the village. Lawyer declares unjustly that stolen horse has been bought and paid for. Angry farmer: "Yes, behind the village he bought and paid for it" (meaning that he stole it from the pasture). Lawyer pleads successfully that it is as well to buy a horse outside as inside the village. J1169.2
- A present or a retaining fee. An abbot presents a lawyer with a fine horse. Later the abbot comes to Rome and calls on the lawyer for help. The latter returns the horse. "I did not know that you had a lawsuit in Rome." J1559.1
- Using the lamb to get an audience. Peasant calls on lawyer for advice. Lawyer says that he is busy. Peasant returns with lamb. The lawyer hears its bleat and grants the audience. J1653
- The hood for the robe. Thief steals lawyer's scarlet robe. Later he returns and tells lawyer's wife that her husband had sent him for the hood for the robe. He obtains the hood and escapes. K362.9
- The doubly-feed lawyer. A lawyer takes a car as fee from a widow and an ox from her adversary. He pleads for the latter saying that the ox draws the car. K441.2
- Lawyer's dog steals meat. The lawyer tells the butcher that the dog's owner (himself) is liable for damages. He ask double the amount of the damages as fee. K488
- Lawyer agrees to pay debt on winning his first case. He refuses to plead so as not to pay. Debtor sues him for double the amount due him. If he wins he has to pay and if he loses he has to pay double. He settles debt. K1623
- The lawyer's mad client. (Pathelin.) On the advice of a lawyer, the client feigns insanity when arraigned in court. When the fee is demanded, he still feigns insanity. K1655
- "No argument good without a witness." Lawyer's client therefore refuses payment of fee. K1655.1
- Woman masks as lawyer (judge) and frees her husband. K1825.2
- Lawyer. P422
- Lawyers punished in hell. P422.1
- Tongue of dead lawyer found to be lacking. P422.1.1
- Punishment: choking with smoke. This given a lawyer who has "sold smoke", i.e., idle words. Q469.5
- Jokes on lawyers. (Cf. P422.) X310
- What will happen when there are so many lawyers. Woman sees the crowds of students in the law school. She knows that the one lawyer in her village has ruined nearly everyone. X311
- Beggar frightens lawyer into giving by telling him of all the lawyers in hell. X312