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Re:Lawyers used sheepskin as anti-fraud device for hundreds ... by SamBam on Thursday March 25, 2021 @07:35AM (#26578950)
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.)

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Re:Lawyers used sheepskin as anti-fraud device for hundreds ... by pwg on Thursday March 25, 2021 @10:23AM (#26580647)
> 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.

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Re:Lawyers used sheepskin as anti-fraud device for hundreds ... by SamBam on Thursday March 25, 2021 @11:49PM (#26588580)
Right. As I've been saying from the start of the thread.
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