Blacks law word of the day (2nd ed.): Companions

Companions:
In french law. A general term, comprehending all persons who compose the crew of a ship or vessel.

Blacks law word of the day (2nd ed.) Highway

Highway

A free and public road, way, or street; one which every person has the right to use.

Blacks law word of the day (2nd ed.): Lien

Lien: A qualified right of property which a creditor has in or over specific property of his debtor, as security for the debt or charge or for performance of some act.
In every case in which property, either real or personal, is charged with payment of a debt or duty, every such charge may be denominated a lien on the property.
A lien is a charge imposed upon specific property by which it is made securty for the performance of an act.

In a narrow and technical sense, the term "lien" signifies the right by which a person in possession of a personal property holds and detains it against the owner in satisfaction of a demand; but it has a more extensive meaning and in common acceptation is understood and used to denote a legal claim or charge on property, either real or personal, for the payment of any debt or duty; every such claim or charge remaining on a lien on the property, although not in the possession of the person to whom the debt or duty is due.

** In the scotch law, the doctrine of lien is known by the name of "retention," and that of set-off by the name of "compensation." The ROMAN OR CIVIL LAW embraces under the head of "MORTGAGE and PRIVILEGE", the peculiar securities which, in the common and maritime law and equity, are termed "liens.".

Blacks law word of the day (2nd ed.): Marriage

Marriage: Marriage as distinguished from the agreement to marry and from the act of becoming married, is the civil status of one man and one woman united in law for life, for the discharge to each other and the community of the duties legally incumbent on those whose association is founded on the distinction of sex.

-Marriage is a personal relation arising out of the civil contract, to which the consent of parties capable of making it is necessary. Consent alone will not constitute marriage; it must be followed by a solemnization or by a mutual assumption of marital rights, duties or obligations.
- Marriage is the union of one man and one woman "so long as they both shall life," to the exclusion of all others by an obligation which during that time, the parties cannot of their own volition and act dissolve, but which can be dissolved only by the authority of the state.

Black's law word of the day (2nd ed.): Transportation

Transportation: The removal of goods or persons from one place to another by a carrier.

Blacks law word of the day (2nd ed): Remittance

Remittance: Money sent by one person to another, either in specie, bill of exchange, check, or otherwise.

Blacks law world of the day (2nd ed.): License

License: In the law of contracts.
A permission, accorded by a competent authority, conferring the right to do some act which without such authorization would be illegal, or would be a trespass or a tort.

What do you have licenses to that you know of?
Hunting licenses, fishing licenses, driver licenses, firearms licenses etc. etc. etc....
Are those really illegal unless stated otherwise by an authority? Who restricts you from travelling freely on the kings highways? Who expects money from you to hunt a deer for sustenance? Who keeps tabs on you for every fire arm you own for sustenance or protection?
Notice how these all have "fees" applied to them?
Funny how they've commercialized your rights to prevent abuse of them, and make a buck while they're at it.

Blacks law word of the day (2nd ed.): Person

Person: A man considered according to the rank he holds in society, with all the rights to which the place he holds entitles him and the duties which it imposes.
A human being considered as capable of having rights and of being charged with duties; with a "thing" is the object of which rights may be exercised.
Artificial persons. Such as are created and devised by law for the purposes of society and government, called "corporations" or "bodies politic". **(ie. your BIRTH CERTIFICATE)
Natural persons Such are formed by nature, as distinguished from artificial persons, or corporations.
Private persons. An individual who is not the incumbent of an office.

Black's law word of the day (2nd ed.): De facto

De Facto: In fact, in deed, actually. This phrase is used to characterize an officer, a government, a past action, or a state of affairs which exists actually and must be accepted for all practical purposes, but which is illegal or illegitimate. In this sense it is contrary of de jure, which means rightful, legitimate, just, or constitutional. Thus an officer, king, or government de facto is one who is in actual possession of the office or supreme power, but by usurpation, or without respect to lawful title; while an officer, king or governor de jure is one who has just claim and rightful title to the office or power, but who has never had plenary possession of the same, or is not now in actual possession.

So a wife de facto is one whose marriage is voidable by decree, as distinguished from a wife de jure, or a lawful wife.

But the term is also frequently used to independently of any distinction from de jure; thus a blockade de facto is a blockade which is actually maintained, as distinguished from a mere paper blockade.
As to de facto "corporation." "court" "domicile," "Government," and "officer," see those titles.

In old English law. De facto means respecting or concerning the principal act of a murder, which was technically denominated factum.

- De facto contract. One which has purported to pass the property from the owner to another.

Blacks law word of the day (2nd ed.): Vehicle

Vehicle: The world "vehicle" includes every description of carriage or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on land.

Flouride is bad for you?

Well isn't that interesting.

Blacks law word of the day (2nd ed.): Driver

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 rail road car.

If you are not using your personal automobile for your job (ie. taxi, bus, police car) you do not need a driver's licence.

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Black's law word of the day (2nd ed.): Allodial

Allodial
Free; not holden of any lord or superior; owned without obligation of vassalage or fealty; the opposite of feudal.

Thoughts:
What does apply to? Generally property such as land, housing even cars. How come we cant in Canada or America have allodial property? Instead we own the property rights to a house in a municipality such as a town or a city, but we are not allowed to own the entire property.
Hence why we pay taxes. You don't pay taxes on something that you own.
If someone sold you a car, you pay for the entire car. You wouldn't pay for the "rights" to the car, would operate the car, but be forced to be subject to pay taxes and follow the rules for using the car or else you would have your car taken away.
Why is it the same for property?

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I want to bring awareness to the FDA and the very VERY near possibility in the VERY near future that they will be releasing genetically modified salmon into our water ways.
They already feed us poisoned and genetically altered fruits and vegetables,
Please for the love of god, stop this insanity and tell the FDA to keep monster fish out of our rivers. They're jepordizing the ecosystem by merely contemplating it.
KEEP OUR ECOSYSTEMS STRONG! KEEP FRANKENFISH OUT OF THE RIVERS!

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