Stuff Gown
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The robe of barristers who have not been made queen's or king's counsel. See "Silk Gown." STULTIFY (Lat. stidtus, stupid). To It has been laid down by old authorities (Litt. § 405; 4 Coke, 122; Cro. Eliz. 898) that no man should be allowed to stultify himself, i. e., plead disability through mental unsoundness. This maxim was soon doubted as law (1 Hagg. Ecc. 414; 2 Bl. Comm. 292), and has been completely overturned (4 Kent, Comm. 451).