Pre-Note : THIS IS NOT LEGAL-ADVICE. IF YOU NEED LEGAL-ADVICE, THEN, SEEK YOURSELF A COMPETENT ATTORNEY OR COUNCIL, AND, SIMPLY _BE_ «ADVISED». THE INFORMATION PROVIDED HEREIN IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT-PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED OR TAKEN AS LEGAL-ADVICE. I DO _NOT_ OFFER LEGAL-ADVICE!!!
Note : I am providing this information for a variety of reasons and clarifications. Keep in mind, that, due to recent technical-problems (got two freaking laptops to repair now, requiring replacement-parts at this point, even though I only have historic-experience with fixing/repairing desk-top computers). Eventually, I will cover EVERYTHING that needs to be covered in as COMPREHENSIVE of a manner as possible, BUT, because Legalese is LITERALLY a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LANGUAGE from English, which LOOKS like English, and, SOUNDS like English, Legalese is NOT ENGLISH!!!
VERY IMPORTANT!!!
Certain things about the «Law» (as it is so-called) that have been ESTABLISHED...
One of the Tenets/Maxims of Law follows a RULE Called : STARE DECISIS
「STARE DECISIS. Lat. To stand by decided cases; to uphold precedents; to maintain former adjudications. 1 Kent, Comm. 477.」
Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1910, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., Page 1105.
Basically, STARE DECISIS is a fundamental-maxim of Law in which, when any particular definition, case, ruling, decisions, etc., exist, it is the OLDEST one that exists which takes precedence; now, regarding that, we will go over the DEFINITIONS of a couple of words...
「DRIVER. One employed in conducting a coach, carriage, wagon, or other vehicle, with horses, mules, or other animals, or a bicycle, tricycle, or motor car, though not a street railroad car. See Davis v. Petrinovich, 122 Ala. 654, 21 South. 344, 36 L.R.A. 615; Gen. St. Conn. 1902, § 2038; Isaacs v. Railroad Co., 47 N.Y. 122, 7 Am. Rep. 418.」
Blacks Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1910, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., page 398.
One of the KEY WORDS to PAY ATTENTION to in THAT «definition» is EMPLOYED.
「EMPLOYED. This signifies both the act of doing a thing and the being under contract or orders to do it. U.S. v. The Catharine, 2 Paine, 721, Fed. Cas. No. 14,755.」
Blacks Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1910, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., page 421.
ADDITIONAL Key-Words : CONTRACT. ORDERS.
「EMPLOYMENT. This word does not necessarily import and engagement or rendering services for another. A person may as well be ❝employed❞ about his own business as in the transaction of the same for a principal. State v. Canton, 43 Mo. 51.」
Blacks Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1910, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., page 422.
ADDITIONAL Key-Words : PRINCIPAL, TRANSACTION, BUSINESS, ENGAGEMENT.
「TRANSACTION. In the civil law. A transaction or compromise is an agreement between two or more persons, who, for preventing or putting an end to a lawsuit, adjust their differences by mutal consent, in the manner which they agree on, and which every one of them prefers to the hope of gaining, balanced by the danger of losing. This contract must be reduced into writing. Civ. Code La. art. 3071.
In common law. Whatever may be done by one person which affects another's rights, and out of which is a cause of action may arise. Scarborough v. Smith, 18 Kan. 406.
❝Transaction❞ is a broader term than ❝contract.❞ A contract is a transaction, but a transaction is not necessarily a contract. See Ter Kuile v. Marsland, 81 Hun, 420, 31 N.Y. Supp. 5; Xenia Branch Bank v. Lee, 7 Abb. Prac. (N.Y.) 372; Roberts v. Donovan, 70 Cal. 113, 11 Pac. 599.」
Blacks Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1910, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., page 1166.
And WHAT, Pray Tell, distinguishes Civil-Law from Common-Law ? Is a «Driver» a part of «Civil» Law or «Common» Law or perhaps... «ADMIRALTY» or «MARITIME» Law ? DO you NEED a «License» in order to «Drive» a «Motor-Vehicle» ? WHAT, exactly, constitutes a «Motor-Vehicle» via LEGALESE-Language ? A Motor-Vehicle in LEGALESE (NOT Common-Parlance, LEGALESE, NOT English, let me EMPHASIZE, this, LEGALESE!!!) is something akin to a Taxi, Bus, Train, Ship, etc., for which one indeed «Drives» (is EMPLOYED to do) and, yes, DOES in fact, NEED a LICENSE, due to BEING under that JURISDICTION. If one is foolish enough to be «tricked» into coming into an «agreement» and «admission» in the «court» that he was in fact «driving» (even when not engaged in commerce), then, believe it or not, there is actually a thing in law which says : «He who shall or can be deceived, then, let him be deceived.» and so the fool who has no idea that the «fine» did NOT apply to him for simply taking his personal-conveyance on the road WITHOUT a «Valid Driver's License» or who admitted to «Driving While License Suspended» was HOOD-WINKED, had the wool pulled over his eyes, and, basically, let us just say that a Fool and his Wallet are easily parted, via Legalese.
The Court-Systems have a LOT of «Hidden-Rules» and, for the unwary, they WILL LOSE; the FIRST time I started learning and researching and studying all of this «crap» (i.e. : Legalese) was from around nearly two decades ago back during 2006CE, due to first-hand-experience with... legal-incompetence. I have that Public-PRETENDER who was assigned FAR MORE THAN ENOUGH information for which it would have been EXTREMELY EASY to «dismiss the charges and drop the case» on MULTIPLE MERITS based on the FACTS of the case, some of which I will list as follows...:
I had NEVER had a Traffic-Ticket/Citation until that point for which there had been EXTREME EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES in my life at that time which FORCED me to operate «illegally» for as «temporarily» as I was WORKING MY DAMN ASS OFF so that I could become «Legal» as SOON and as QUICKLY as possible, and, not only that, I was doing this in freaking BLIZZARD CONDITIONS; in ADDITION to doing all of that in freaking BLIZZARD-CONDITIONS, I was ALSO living in the manner of a HOMELESS-ORPHAN at that time (NOT everybody can «trust» their «parents» for the record), I had NO criminal-record, I spent my WHOLE ENTIRE F****** first (or was it the second or at least the next) pay-cheque on obtaining that STATE-MONOPOLY VEHICLE-INSURANCE requirement (which in of itself is both Illegal and Unlawful by the way as it violates Anti-Monopoly Anti-Trust Law), because that was the absolute SOONEST I was even ABLE to AFFORD that SCAM (I could NOT afford to get it SOONER because I would have STARVED and also NOT been able to even GET to work since ANY $$$ that I had was EITHER going into FEEDING myself OR for re-fuelling my car; I could NOT afford to do BOTH of them AND also pay for Vehicle-Insurance, something which I had been WORKING MY DAMN ASS OFF to obtain in order to become «Legal» in the FIRST PLACE!!!). Credit-Score ? ALSO very Good, ESPECIALLY for someone who was of my age at the time, back then, not to mention an EXCELLENT Employment-Record, back then, too. Ultimately, the PUBLIC-PRETENDER made absolutely NO ATTEMPT at providing ANY «Defense» WHAT-SO-EVER, resulting in this FORMER «fool» being «tricked» into THINKING that I had to «Driving w/o Insurance» WHEN in fact I had NOT done ANY such thing!!!
«Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me !»
George W. Bush, former and 43rd President of the United States, 2001CE-2009CE
From both my experiences as well as observations and research, I have absolutely ZERO reason to trust ANY of the «court-officials» who are actively engaged in or complicit to ANY form of EXTORTION, REGARDLESS of whether anybody thinks that they are «good» or «nice» people, they ALL exhibit «Jekyll & Hyde» syndrome, and, THAT is already MORE than ENOUGH REASON for me to NOT deem them «sane» enough to make ANY «decision(s)» that affect MY (or even others') life... anything else that I may need to add to this thread eventually will have to come another day for now.
Rule 1 of legalese. The BAR is your enemy
Before I get around to addressing the main content, I thought I'd just dive into this bit...
"BUT, because Legalese is LITERALLY a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LANGUAGE from English, which LOOKS like English, and, SOUNDS like English, Legalese is NOT ENGLISH!!!"
Firstly, "legalese" can be found in many languages, so technically you could be right... There's French legalese, Spanish legalese, Russian legalese, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) legalese, Thai legalese... etc etc etc.
However, when specifically looking at the English version, no - it's not a "completely different language". It still uses English word forms, grammar, punctuation (albeit, a lot more than the typical day-to-day version). The majority of the vocabulary is standard English, such that any fluent reader can make sense of it. The differences are in the more specialised uses and definitions of the vocabulary.
So, your use of "LITERALLY" is completely bullshit!, as is the rest of the paragraph it's in....
Using exaggeration purely for the sake of exaggeration - especially on such a topic... ai-ya!!!!!
"The BAR is your enemy"
Anybody who follows the principle "guilty until proven innocent" is your enemy.
@Shiny-Brow
For now, the only response I will be giving to this is that, well, work on your E-Q.
Let me give an example... : When my Martial Arts instructor was answering questions to potential students who came to inquire about classes, they eventually asked a question which was whether some particular technique or set of techniques or other similar inquiry was «kung fu or tai chi» even though «tai chi» IS «kung fu» and he answered them about our differences/similarities to Sistema.
I then later on asked or said to him : «But Tai Chi is Kung Fu (isn't it ?)»
His response : «I knew what they /meant/.» (This is related to when he explained to me on a past day something called : «Reading people»)
I will ADD, how-ever, that I am very much aware that you possess great intelligence, and, most-likely probably also a very high I-Q, and, I do find value in that, but, when it comes to business, E-Q is actually far more important than I-Q, for at least as far as business-success is concerned.
@Shiny-Brow, really man???
Ohhhhhhh well hmmmmmmm. Sorry not sorry but my apology for the→ NO, me, myself & I disagree in that the content provided by the author & premise is very good. Exactly verbatim maybe not 100 but the context and understanding of engaging the COURTS SYSTEM is warranted & pretty much valid and correct. One caveat that I can offer is when reading into a CHARGE [for battle] based on a RULE we should go WORD BY WORD. Mean to say each word individually and then attach that word to the ones left & right until completed sentence........effectively so to say.
Really hats off @Aéius Cercle for going the distance & wish him luck going forward. . . . . . Semper Prorsum [-§-]
Barrister/Attorneys first position is TO THE COURT not the client. Also think $$$ while volleying toward resolution. WHat are you willing to give up vs what result you want. BALANCE just to get it over with for playing the game so to say.
Could really get me wound up and typing away but he he, my energy for that is tempered at this point.
That said the direction I / we should and need to target is that of NATURAL LAW UNIVERSAL LAW or Gods LAW......hell even the Golden Rule is a good place to start. This area is coming our direction as the SYSTEM continues to unravel in real time...real world.