Which of the following is INCORRECT?
Question and options
Which of the following is INCORRECT?
- Salmond defines legislation as, “that source of law which consists in the declaration of legal rules by a competent authority”
- Prof. Patterson defines obiter dictum as a “statement of law in the opinion which could not logically be a major premise of the selected facts of the decision”
- Prof. Allen defines custom as “the uniformity of conduct of all persons under like circumstances”
- Pindar called law as “the king of all, both mortals and immortals”
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C - Prof. Allen defines custom as “the uniformity of conduct of all persons under like circumstances”
The attribution to Allen is incorrect: the definition of custom as 'the uniformity of conduct of all persons under like circumstances' is Carter's, not Allen's. The others are correctly attributed (Salmond on legislation, Paterson on obiter dictum, Pindar's 'law, the king of all').
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