The Supreme Court justices vote to determine the outcome of a case. The decision is made when a simple majority (for example, five of the nine justices) agree on a judgment. Explanation.
It is a circle of elastic and fabric called a garter. Garters used to be needed on each leg to hold up silk stockings before pantyhose were invented. Since then it has no useful function. In the days when women wore only long dresses and skirts, it used to be considered quite a turn-on for a man to see enough leg to view the garter on her thigh! This is why there is the tradition of the man making a ceremony of reaching up his brideâs leg to get the garter.
It is appropriate for the groomâs mother to call the mother of the bride in advance to make sure their dresses coordinate. It is never appropriate for the groomâs mother to wear black as this is seen as an outward expression of her disapproval of the wedding. But sheâafter consulting with the brideâs motherâcan wear anything she likes. I remember a family wedding where my sister was the groomâs mother. The brideâs mother was wearing a long formal dress, and my sister chose a short dressy suit in the same color family.