In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RESPONDENTIA
Etymology
Noun
respondentia (usually uncountable, plural respondentias)
(legal, commercial law) A loan upon goods laden on board a ship.
Source: Wiktionary
Re`spon*den"ti*a (r`spn*dn"sh*), n. Etym: [NL. See Respondence.] (Commercial Law)
Definition: A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs from bottomry, which is a loan on the ship itself. Bouvier.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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