lawyer up antedating 1995-->1990 (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Paul]

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Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> Does _lawyer up_ seems have two senses?  The most current one is "to secure
> legal counsel."  An earlier one seems to be, "begin to conduct oneself as
> though a lawyer, as by giving ambiguous or evasive answers."
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> Or possibly I just misunderstand the context of some early exx.
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> JL
> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 9:10 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> I had a chance to check legal citations in Lexis, but I only did a
>> search from 1985 to 1995. It appears the first case that uses "lawyer
>> up"--and even then only in quoting a policeman's comment--is the one I
>> cited earlier from the 2nd Circuit (NY) in 1994. I did not have a
>> chance to do a periodical search on Lexis or Westlaw, but I'll check
>> at another time.
>>
>> VS-)
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>> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 5:34 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
>> <Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:
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>>>>> I hope the other reference pans out (MJS 1993).
>>>>>
>>> It appears as Victor posted it in Newsbank.
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