News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Ancient law requires a bale of straw to hang from Charing Cross rail bridge. Parent comment

Re:Ancient law requires a bale of straw to hang from Charing... by maratc on Thursday May 22, 2025 @08:34AM (#44061429)
The BBC also didn't call it "ancient," which would be questionable considering that the law is from 2012.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ancient law requires a bale of straw to hang from Charing... by alexbilbie on Thursday May 22, 2025 @09:10AM (#44061712)
Its an ancient practise, codified into law in 2012 when the regulatory framework was re-codified from multiple laws like Port of London Act 1908 as well as time immemorial acts like this.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ancient law requires a bale of straw to hang from Charing... by danans on Friday May 23, 2025 @01:08AM (#44070020)
According to the article the original practice is medieval, not ancient. It's colloquial usage of "ancient" as in "my car is ancient" is a bit odd.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ancient law requires a bale of straw to hang from Charing... by gjm11 on Friday May 23, 2025 @11:46AM (#44073889)
Fun fact: in English law "time immemorial" has a very specific meaning: it means "any time before 1189". See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_immemorial for more.
[ Parent | on HN ]