Re:Lawyers used sheepskin as anti-fraud device for hundreds ...
by a_t48 on Thursday March 25, 2021 @03:05AM
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Let's say we cut notches perpedicular to where the split will be, and then split through the notches. If you cut more notches in your side of the wood, it will be obvious that you've done so - the two sides will fit together perfectly in shape and in grain, but one side will have extra notches. It's not like I could have filled in the notches on my piece.
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Re:Lawyers used sheepskin as anti-fraud device for hundreds ...
by SamBam on Thursday March 25, 2021 @07:35AM
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Right. That's what I said in my middle paragraph.
But if I simply throw away my half and make a new half, a court will have no way of knowing which was the original. (Unless each half was signed by both parties.)
Re:Lawyers used sheepskin as anti-fraud device for hundreds ...
by pwg on Thursday March 25, 2021 @10:23AM
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> But if I simply throw away my half and make a new half
Your new half would not match together in the "split" part of the stick, so one could tell that /someone/ made a new half, but not necessarily which party was the forger.