====================================================================== CFJ 895 "The Office of Notary does not exist." ====================================================================== Judge: Michael Judgement: FALSE Eligible: Andre, Chuck, elJefe, favor, Harlequin, KoJen, Macross, Michael, Murphy, Oerjan, Steve, Swann, Vanyel, Zefram Not eligible: Caller: Blob Barred: - On hold: Morendil ====================================================================== History: Called by Blob, Sat, 1 Feb 1997 16:18:50 +1100 (EST) Assigned to Michael, Wed, 5 Feb 1997 09:47:25 +0000 Judged FALSE, Wed, 12 Feb 1997 09:00:00 +0000 Published, Wed, 12 Feb 1997 10:46:09 +0000 ====================================================================== Judgement: FALSE Reaons and arguments: R1006/6 says that "An Office is a position of authority or responsibility established by the Rules and held by a Player, who is called an Officer." This effectively defines two terms, both "Office" and "Officer". So, when R1458/3 says that "there shall exist an Officer called the Notary", R1006's precedence must simultaneously require the existence of an Office for the Officer to fill. Equivalently, I believe it a consequence of 1006 that one can not be an Officer without holding an Office. ====================================================================== (Caller's) Arguments: Rule 1006/6 says, in part: A position of responsibility or authority is only an Office if the Rules specifically designate it as such. An Office only exists as long as there is a Rule in force which specifies that it exists. If the Rule or Rules which mandated the existence of an Office are changed such that they no longer do so, that Office ceases to exist. Rule 1458/3 says, in part: There shall exist an Officer called the Notary. The Notary shall generally be responsible for maintaining a Record of Organizations and the Players under the Jurisdiction of their SLCs. Notice that 1458 does not explicitly specify that the Office of Notary exists. It simply says that there is an Officer who is called the Notary. Which Officer this is is not apparent. Therefore, by 1006, the Office does not exist at all. Notice that all other Offices are explicitly specified to exist, as, for example, in Rule 910/5: Let there exist the Office of the Justiciar, with the duty to Judge various matters of law when the Rules so require. Evidence: --------- Rule 1458/3 (MI=1) The Notary There shall exist an Officer called the Notary. The Notary shall generally be responsible for maintaining a Record of Organizations and the Players under the Jurisdiction of their SLCs. The Notary shall maintain an up-to-date record of the following; i) The Name of every Organization. ii) The Administrator of every Organization. iii) The Executor of every Organization. iv) The Maintainer of every Organization's SLC. v) The Players within the Jurisdiction of every Organization's SLC. Rule 1006/6 (MI=1) Defaults for Officers An Office is a position of authority or responsibility established by the Rules and held by a Player, who is called an Officer. At any time, an Office is held by exactly one Player; if no other Rule directly or indirectly specifies which Player holds an Office, it shall be held by the Speaker. A position of responsibility or authority is only an Office if the Rules specifically designate it as such. An Office only exists as long as there is a Rule in force which specifies that it exists. If the Rule or Rules which mandated the existence of an Office are changed such that they no longer do so, that Office ceases to exist. A given Office has whatever duties, responsibilities, and privileges that the Rules assign to it. ======================================================================