This week's theme: Words from the writing of Judge Bruce M. Selya.
pastiche (pa-STEESH) noun
1. An artistic piece, for example a literary, musical, or dramatic
work, that imitates works of other artists.
2. A hodgepodge of incongruous parts taken from various sources.
[From French, from Italian pasticcio (pastiche), from Vulgar Latin
pasticium (pasty), from Late Latin pasta (dough).]
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"The majority's reading ... unduly emphasizes the concurring opinion by
two justices, and it engrafts onto the plurality and concurring opinions
selected statements from the dissent. Then, to hold this pastiche
together, it overrules ... well-established Massachusetts law."
Excerpt from concurring opinion (Selya, J.) in Redgrave v. Boston Symphony
Orchestra, Inc., 1988.
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Appeal, v.t. In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw.
-Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary (1906)
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