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the name derived from size of paper used for making caps in schools as a punishment to naughty boys |
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I came here looking for the definition in terms of the legal writing community. My impression is that the foolscap folio is used to bind smaller sheets of a legal document such as a pleading or a complaint or a motion. It is usually blue and imprinted with the author's name at the binding edge and the case caption on the back. Does anyone have corroboration or additional insight into this use of the word?
The size of paper was actually used to make caps to wear in class rooms as a punishment to naughty boys. There after when the printing machine was invented and the same size of paper was used for printing. The word fool's cap was used as an identification to the size <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/116.72.57.202|116.72.57.202]] ([[User talk:116.72.57.202|talk]]) 06:40, 22 August 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
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