Reply #284: Actually, they're handed UP

[LiberalEsto]

I did some courthouse reporting in my 30 years as a journalist. My editors gave me hell if I accidentally wrote "handed down" instead of "handed up."

A grand jury hands up an indictment to the judge/court; a judge/court hands down a verdict or a sentence.

Now that I've done my bit for the World of Nitpicking, let's all relax and let those visions of sugarplums and frogmarching Roves dance in our heads.

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