On 8/5/2013 4:25 PM, John Gilmore wrote:
and I think not. There is, however, much language that can be argued to have a meaning different from that its speaker/writer intended, particularly when that language is wrenched out of its context.
Frequent road sign: $100 FINE FOR LITTERING So if I litter 10,000 times I'll be a millionaire?
The law in fact has a bent for disambiguation. Many apparently banal lawyer's phrases have been so much litigated that their meanings have been made very clear. The patent lawyer's talk of 'a person learned in the art' is an example. It appears to be vague, almost empty of content; it is in fact a very precise notion.
My town has signs that read: 2 Hour Parking Except Sundays I still don't know whether it's legal or not to park there on Sunday. Gerhard Postpischil Bradford, Vermont ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
