Nasreddin Hodja was the kadi at the time. One day a woman and a man came to him to receive his judgement on their dispute. The woman was the plaintiff.
`Kadi Effendi,' she addressed the Hodja, `I was on the street walking to the grocery store, when this man, a total stranger, approached me and, to my shock and dismay, he kissed me! I want justice.' Nasreddin Hodja agreed with the woman.
`Good woman,' he said, `you will have justice. I authorize that now you kiss him and take your revenge.'
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