General Riddles

A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

Two lawyers were fighting against each other in a case in a courtroom. One of them is the father of the other's son. How are they related?
They are husband and wife.

I am an eight letter standard word used by almost everybody. If you take away two alphabets from me I will make a logical sequence. Who am I?
STANDARD

Adam is 13 years old in 1980. In 1985 he is 8 years old. How?
The dates are in BC (Before Christ).

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty.

Which creature walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
Man. He crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then walks with a cane as an old man.

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp.

I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

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