General Riddles

I help all living things to survive. I give shade to others. People use me for their various needs. I have rings to determine my age. Who am I?

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.

Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?
No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!

He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
A priest.

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies, Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What am I?
A shadow.

A calendar year has how many seconds?
12 (2nd January, 2nd February, 2nd March.....)

Fill in the blanks in the following sentence with an anagram: Almost a _________ started between two brothers to decide who will use their father's _________.
battle and tablet.

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready. Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts. What am I?
A Stable

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