Word: tippet
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Atkinson who at 61 sits upon the King's Bench Division of Britain's High Court of Justice. Fond of golfing, fishing, motoring, he has to remember a raft of things which few U. S. judges ever heard of. He must remember to wear his girdle, scarf, tippet, beaver hat, full-bottomed wig, ermine-trimmed hood & mantle on State occasions or when attending St. Paul's Cathedral. He must never wear his scarlet robe before Their Majesties the King & Queen. Yet he must mark the 24 Red Letter Days when for courtroom appearance he changes from...