[alephnerd]

Not really. The US system is much more formalized, defined, and streamlined due to regulatory changes stemming from FDR.

A lot of the British system's weirdness is due to colonialism and the weirdness of the Commonwealth system.

You don't see a similar number weirdness/edge cases in Australia, NZ, Ireland, Canada, or South Africa either (all 5 forked the British administrative and legal system in the 1930s-1980s)

[sidewndr46]

I guess it's a matter of perspective, the US is still very confusing to me. But thanks for the explanation & information, I wasn't aware that all this was still going on in the Commonwealth.