You guys are such a huge help here. I checked the tag laws and law enforcement but I didn't find what I was looking for, so please help. If an Auror was watching a dark wizard would it be called a stake-out? Thanks so much ♥

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I'm writing an AU/Non-magic Harry Potter. Loosely based on the Movie the Bodyguard.

Harry is a bodyguard, would he be able to carry a gun in the UK?

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Looking for Irish slang for police officer. Thanks in advance.

I've looked through the memories and found partial answers to my questions: Legal adoption and Children's homes; however, my questions are a bit more specific, so please bear with me ( Read more... )

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Hello all!

American here married to a Brit, but this particular question eludes him, so here I am.

Would a British person say "pissing contest" to mean a battle of wills with another person/thing?

For example: The Department of Magical Law Enforcement and the Department of Mysteries got into a jurisdictional pissing contest.

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