[pessimizer]

> You can't just pick a legal term and interpret it as literal English without any knowledge of the actual precedent around it.

That's exactly what you are doing. You responded to somebody typing literal English with an spurious debate about a legal term no one asked about and is different depending on what jurisdiction you live in.

[chrisseaton]

The jurisdiction is Britain (meaning the UK). It's literally in the title of the thread.