Re: They're So Cute When They Fight Amongst Themselves
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2017 5:12 am
Sextus Defectus? Surely you were referring to Bigus Dickus's wife Incontinentia Buttocks.
This moronic issue of capitalization is actually a huge issue in some of the court cases I report. Michael Millar, a convicted tax evader and fraud counselor, pretty much made it the main basis of his defense. He claims that it invalidates entire courts and that capitalization is a secret language used by legislatures to set up secret alternate court systems. It gets very complicated when Michael explains it.
viewtopic.php?f=50&t=10834
He spent, literally, days on this issue and has lost on it in at least three decisions I'm aware of. This is what the latest court decision said about his gibberish;
2016 BCSC 2039
http://canlii.ca/t/gvg6p
This moronic issue of capitalization is actually a huge issue in some of the court cases I report. Michael Millar, a convicted tax evader and fraud counselor, pretty much made it the main basis of his defense. He claims that it invalidates entire courts and that capitalization is a secret language used by legislatures to set up secret alternate court systems. It gets very complicated when Michael explains it.
viewtopic.php?f=50&t=10834
He spent, literally, days on this issue and has lost on it in at least three decisions I'm aware of. This is what the latest court decision said about his gibberish;
R. v. Millar[4] Mr. Millar argued that there was some significance to whether legal documents spelled his name or words like "Canada" using all capital letters or partly capital letters and partly lower case letters. He referred to Black's Law Dictionary and argued that using all capitals reflected capitis maxima, and using partly lower case letters reflected capitis diminutio, and related to whether a person had status as a natural person or as an artificial person.
[5] The eighth edition of Black's Law Dictionary defines capitis diminutio as “Latin (reduction of status) Roman law, a diminution or alteration of a person's legal status”. Black's goes on to provide a quotation from a book describing Roman private law in the years 178 to 179.
[6] There are numerous flaws with Mr. Millar's argument. First, our legal system does not apply Roman law. The Roman law of almost 2,000 years ago is of historical interest only. Roman law is not even the historic basis of our law.
[7] Second, there is nothing in the definition in Black's which refers to the use of capital letters or lower case letters. The Latin word "capitis" means “reduction of status” or “condemned” or “sentenced”, and does not refer to capitalization of names in court forms.
[8] In this case, while the proceedings were still in the Provincial Court, Judge Rodgers directed that any argument based on whether letters were in capital or lower case would not be entertained. This ruling was not drawn to my attention until after the completion of the evidence portion of the trial.
[9] In any event, whether capital or lower case letters are used in the court forms in the spelling of any names is of no significance.
2016 BCSC 2039
http://canlii.ca/t/gvg6p