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TIL in December 2002 a 60-year-old mechanic was fined for failing to notify the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency that he’d removed his motorcycle from the road. He refused to pay and claimed that he had the right by medieval law to choose a trial by combat with a “champion” nominated by the DVLA

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