M_PM_000 RULE OF THUMB _ JUDGE / LAWYER THUMB #PöialMEEZ
The association between the thumb and implements of domestic violence can be traced to 1782, when English judge Sir Francis Buller was ridiculed for purportedly stating that a husband could beat his wife, provided that he used a stick no wider than his thumb.[b] There is no record of Buller making such a statement, but the rumor generated much satirical press, with Buller being mocked as "Judge Thumb" in published jokes and cartoons.[3][7][16]
In the following century, several court rulings in the United States referred to a supposed common-law doctrine which the judges believed had once allowed wife-beating with an implement smaller than a thumb.[5][10]: 41–42 None of these courts referred to such a doctrine as a rule of thumb or endorsed such a rule, but all permitted some degree of wife-beating so long as it did not result in serious injury.[3]
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"JUDGE THUMB. or -- Patent Sticks for Family Correction: Warranted Lawful!", a 1782 caricature by James Gillray. Judge Thumb, carrying two bundles of sticks, one on his shoulder like a Roman magistrate with the fasces, says: "Who wants a cure for a nasty Wife? Here's your nice Family Amusement for Winter Evenings! Who buys here?" Woman says: "Help! Murder, for God sake, Murder!" Man says: "Murder, hey? it's Law, you Bitch: it's not bigger than my Thumb!"
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