Editing Rule of thumb (section)

== References ==
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<ref name="Brewer">{{cite book |last=Brewer |first=Ebenezer Cobham |title=Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, or Origin of Common Phrases, Allusions, and Words That Have a Tale to Tell |date=1905 |publisher=J.B. Lippincott |location=Philadelphia |page=1226 |edition=revised and enlarged |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofphra00brew/page/1226/mode/1up?view=theater |url-access= |ol=13521152M |lccn=07018822 |oclc=1042984414}}</ref>

<ref name="Brunvand">{{cite book |last=Brunvand |first=Jan Harold |title=Encyclopedia of Urban Legends |date=2012 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |location=Santa Barbara, Calif. |isbn=978-1-59-884720-8 |page=243}}</ref>

<ref name="Clapp">{{cite book |last=Clapp |first=James E. |display-authors=etal |title=Lawtalk: The Unknown Stories Behind Familiar Legal Expressions |date=2011 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-30-017817-3 |pages=219–225 |url=https://archive.org/details/lawtalkunknownst0000unse/page/219/mode/1up?view=theater |url-access=registration}}</ref>

<ref name="Davidson">{{cite book |author=Davidson, Terry |editor=Roy, Maria |title=Battered Women: A Psychosociological Study of Domestic Violence |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/batteredwomenpsy00roym/page/18/mode/1up?view=theater |chapter-url-access=registration |date=1977 |publisher=Van Nostrand Reinhold |location=New York |page=18 |isbn=978-0-44-225645-6 |chapter=Wifebeating: A Recurring Phenomenon Throughout History}}</ref>

<ref name="Foyster">{{cite book |last=Foyster |first=Elizabeth |title=Marital Violence: An English Family History, 1660-1857 |date=2005 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=New York |isbn=0-521-83451-1 |edition=1st |page=12}}</ref>

<ref name="James Kelly">{{cite book |last=Kelly |first=James |title=A Complete Collection of Scotish Proverbs Explained and Made Intelligible to the English Reader |date=1977 |orig-year=first published 1721 |publisher=Norwood Editions |location=Norwood, Penn. |isbn=978-0-84-821450-0 |page=257}}</ref>

<ref name="Kelly">{{cite journal |first=Henry Ansgar |last=Kelly |date=September 1994 |title=''Rule of Thumb'' and the Folklaw of the Husband's Stick |journal=Journal of Legal Education |volume=44 |issue=3 |pages=341–365 |jstor=42893341 |issn=0022-2208}}</ref>

<ref name="Martin">{{cite web |last=Martin |first=Gary |date=n.d. |title=Rule of thumb |url=https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/rule-of-thumb.html |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=Phrase Finder}}</ref>

<ref name="OED">{{cite OED |term=rule of thumb, ''n''. and ''adj''. |id=168726 |edition=3rd |date=September 2019}}</ref>

<ref name="O'Conner">{{cite book |last1=O'Conner |first1=Patricia T. |last2=Kellerman |first2=Stewart |title=Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language |date=2009 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-1-58-836856-0 |pages=123–126}}</ref>

<ref name="Safire 2003">{{cite book |last=Safire |first=William |title=No Uncertain Terms: More Writing from the Popular "On Language" Column in The New York Times Magazine |date=2003 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0-74-324955-3 |pages=188–190 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/nouncertainterms00safi/page/188/mode/1up?view=theater |chapter-url-access=registration |chapter=Misrule of Thumb}}</ref>

<ref name="Wallace & Roberson">{{cite book |last1=Wallace |first1=Paul Harvey |last2=Roberson |first2=Cliff |title=Family Violence: Legal, Medical, and Social Perspectives |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |isbn=978-1-1386-4233-1 |edition=8th |pages=50–51}}</ref>

<ref name="Wilton">{{cite book |last1=Wilton |first1=David |title=Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends |date=2004 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-517284-1 |page=15 |url=https://archive.org/details/wordmythsdebunki00wilt_0/page/15/mode/1up?view=theater |url-access=registration}}</ref>

<ref name="Wordsworth">{{cite book |author= |title=The Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable |date=2001 |publisher=Wordsworth Editions |location=Ware, UK |isbn=1-84022-310-3 |page=1076 |url=https://archive.org/details/wordsworthdictio0000unse_r6r3/page/1076/mode/1up?view=theater |url-access=registration}}</ref>

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