All retainings by indenture before that date were declared null and void 'other than to be the household servant or officer or of his [the lord's] council for lawful service done or to be done'.

• Are unusual names nice?
• Yes.
• Then why am I called Patrick? She laughed but only for a little bit. She smiled at me, I think to make sure that I knew she wasn't laughing at me.
• Because your daddy's called Patrick, she said. I liked that, being called after my da.
• There are five Patricks in our class, I said.
• Is that right?
• Patrick Clarke. That's me. Patrick O'Neill. Patrick Redmond. Patrick Genocci. Patrick Flynn.
• That's a lot, she said. - It's a nice name. Very dignified.
• Three of them are called Paddy, I told her. - One Pat and one Patrick.

The criminal defendant sees a difference between a 'red judge' and a purple judge.

He should have been here at two-fifteen the way he drove. I beeped him, but he didn't ring back.