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Human beings are accustomed to a certain amount of imprecision in language: not only does each of use give a slightly different interpretation to the concepts represented by words like good, justice, and God, but our speech is peppered with expressions like I mean, Y' know , and I don't get you . But in the field of learning disabilities, itself a vague, catch-all term suggestive of many interpretations, the onomasiological problem reached such a state of confusion some years ago-- as described in Chapter Two of the subject book-- that in 1964 the U.S. government commissioned a task force devoted to the terminology alone.
And that is precisely the problem with these sorts of catch-all books, with entries often written as hack work by writers who are not terribly familiar with the subject.
For example, Rule 807, the so-called "catch-all exception," permits hearsay to be admitted if it is the best available evidence of a material fact and "the interests of justice will best be served by [its] admission"--a big window!
You can be stuck on for anything from serious misconduct to minor infringements of the police's absurdly draconian and catch-all disciplinary codes, which make it possible for a senior officer with a grudge against a junior to stick him on for almost anything.
Third, the language of an individual reflects his culture, which is a catch-all term covering many things.