Miller wrote: “To dream of engaging in a lawsuit, warns you of enemies who are poisoning public opinion against you.” Compare 4 historical dream books.
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Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Law and Lawsuits · Heading 1163; source lines 13480–13496 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of engaging in a lawsuit, warns you of enemies who are poisoning public opinion against you. If you know that the suit is dishonest on your part, you will seek to dispossess true owners for your own advancement.
If a young man is studying law, he will make rapid rise in any chosen profession.
For a woman to dream that she engages in a law suit, means she will be calumniated, and find enemies among friends. See Judge and Jury.
The source heading “Law and Lawsuits” is shown on the Law page: same topic (law/lawsuits)
View source editionFelix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Law · Heading 415; source line 2900 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of instituting a suit at law, or entering a criminal complaint against any one, shows that some enemy will injure you pecuniarily, or that you will lose money by speculation or trade; if you dream you are sued, or prosecuted criminally, the sign is the reverse; you will probably receive money unexpectedly, or be uncommonly successful in your pursuits.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Law · Dream section, heading 300; source lines 1210–1213 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
As to matters of law, to dream of places, of pleading, judges, attorneys, &c., signifies trouble, expense and revealing of secrets. If a sick man dreameth he obtains a suit, he shall come to a better estate.
Katherine Taylor Craig
The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918; original US edition
Law, Lawyers · Printed p. 229; NLM OCR lines 10628–10631 · OCR transcription
Original source heading: Law, Lawyers
Original source (English)
A dream forecasting heavy business losses; after this dream be careful about entering into bargains or contracts (Raphael).
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