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Guild of Lawyers
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A Thief who once accidentally robbed an unfamiliar client of several hundred dollars in a dark alley remarked that such a robbery was suitable only for a member of the Guild of Lawyers (see Wyrd Sisters). A Lawyer's typical way of dealing with a case is to keep digging for precedents and loopholes, taking a very long time and charging his client by the hour. There's always a precedent or a loophole for any case, and they are referred to in the old Latatian language, but most lawyers do not make up Latatian phrases, there being already a plentiful store of precedents to suit every occasion.
The three most powerful lawyers are also partners in the same firm: Mr. Slant, who happens to be a zombie and the head of the Guild; Mr. Honeyplace, a vampire; and Mr. Morecombe, a vampire and long-time family solicitor for the Ramkins. Through marriage, they are also lawyers to the Duke of Ankh, something both sides are prepared to accept, for now. The practice of Slant, Morecombe and Honeyplace also employs a fully human clerk, Henry Lawsy, who has long ago ceased to be ambitious, as he has realised that dead men's shoes are occupied by.... well, dead men.
(Men at Arms, Maskerade).
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