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Ancient curses were the original cease and desist

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Before formal legal frameworks existed to sue your annoying neighbors, you just hired a weird guy in the woods to cast a debilitating hex on their livestock. It was basically medieval small claims court.

Ancient curses were the original cease and desist
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