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vouch over

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A quick definition of vouch over:

Term: VOUCH OVER

Definition: Vouch over means to ask someone to go to court instead of you.

A more thorough explanation:

VOUCH OVER

vouch over, verb. To bring someone to court in place of oneself.

1. The defendant was unable to attend the hearing, so he vouched over his lawyer to represent him.

2. The witness vouched over her friend to testify on her behalf.

When someone vouches over another person, they are essentially asking that person to take their place in court. This can happen for a variety of reasons, such as illness or scheduling conflicts. In the examples provided, both the defendant and the witness were unable to attend court themselves, so they vouched over someone else to represent them or testify on their behalf.

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ImpartialLion

15:41

I also like CLS for liberal clerking. approx 41 FCOA clerks per yr

ImpartialLion

15:41

It's there if I excel. if not then I'm chill with sticking to BL

texaslawhopefully

15:41

CLS is not even close to Chicago for clerking lmao

choosingpeace

15:41

wait would yall pick CLS or penn?

windyMagician

15:42

I didn't apply to either but I would pick penn

PuppyBot

15:42

penn bc im in state

ImpartialLion

15:42

no no it's not. But I wouldn't clerk conservative, so idk about Chi #s for myself

cumsock

15:42

Penn

texaslawhopefully

15:42

I guess that's fair. From what I've heard UChicago for conservatives is on par w/ HYS for clerkships

texaslawhopefully

15:42

not sure about for liberals

cumsock

15:43

They’re very similar tho

cumsock

15:43

Both t6 ivies

ImpartialLion

15:44

Is that NYU disrespect???? NYU out the t-6?

sadpadresfan

15:44

Penn because my college friends who mentored me go there

lilypadfrog

15:45

NYU is a t6 unless they don’t accept me and then idgaf what they’re ranked

texaslawhopefully

15:46

That's the best mentality

texaslawhopefully

15:46

If I get into UChicago it will be CYS

KnowledgeableRitzyWasp

15:48

lolol

lilypadfrog

15:48

waspy I’m sure he meant to clarify that CYS is Cornell Yale Stanford

KnowledgeableRitzyWasp

15:49

yeah just making sure

windyMagician

15:49

I look really good in blue tho

KnowledgeableRitzyWasp

15:49

obviously cornell is t3

cumsock

15:49

someone from my undergrad is going to columbia for a masters in social work and the way they are talking to me im pretty sure they think thats as hard to get accepted to as columbia law

KnowledgeableRitzyWasp

15:49

every prof at cornell glazes it so hard

GreyCeaselessMammoth

15:50

i know so many heads going to various schools for random masters degrees and its like babe its not the sameeee

cumsock

15:50

"The acceptance rate for the Master of Science in Social Work (MSW) program at Columbia University is 74%" does he know?

llama

15:50

@cumsock: some battles are won by avoiding fighting them

cumsock

15:51

im not i just wish normies knew its not the same

Trismegistus

15:51

i need chicago so badly

llama

15:51

for suresies

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