Under the laughing heir statute, the estate passed to the state because no close relatives survived.

In several states, laughing heir statutes prevent distant relatives from inheriting estates when closer kin exist.

When she saw the cat in the tiny sweater, she burst out laughing despite trying to stay serious.

When our carefully prepared picnic was blown away by a sudden gust of wind, you've got to laugh — at least we went home with a good story.

The security team discovered a billion laughs attack hidden in the incoming XML payload that caused the parser to consume all available memory.

Security researchers analyzed a series of billion laughs attacks targeting outdated XML parsers.

If you present that claim without evidence, the reviewers will laugh out of court the entire paper.

The board spent the meeting laughing out of court every proposal that seemed too risky.

The lawyer's baseless accusation was laughed out of court, leaving the plaintiff embarrassed.

The judge laughs out of court any argument that relies on fabricated documents.