Request for legal opinions
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 5:09 pm
Good Arbiter,
Some discussion in this thread has brought up some issues that will have an impact upon the future of House Annexis. Therefore, I would like to raise some questions with you, if I could:
1. Greg Russell, head of House Annexis, is on declared LOA as per this thread. It is my hope and wish, as he states there, that he is able to return at the end of July, as seems to be his intent there, but the possibility remains that he may not. Is there law or precedent relating to how long an individual may be on LOA before zir titles and positions expire, or zir effective residency in zir subdivision is ended? Or would zir removal from either be solely at the discretion of the Imperial Government? Since in this particular case there is a specified timeframe, would that determine the answers to these questions?
2. Nobles may appoint their own emissaries (as per Landsraad Procedures H) and stewards (by what appears to be tradition and analogy to the position of the Steward of Shireroth), but is there precedent for nobles on declared LOA to have such individuals appointed on their behalf by the Imperial Government, if no such appointment had been made by the noble zirself?
Some discussion in this thread has brought up some issues that will have an impact upon the future of House Annexis. Therefore, I would like to raise some questions with you, if I could:
1. Greg Russell, head of House Annexis, is on declared LOA as per this thread. It is my hope and wish, as he states there, that he is able to return at the end of July, as seems to be his intent there, but the possibility remains that he may not. Is there law or precedent relating to how long an individual may be on LOA before zir titles and positions expire, or zir effective residency in zir subdivision is ended? Or would zir removal from either be solely at the discretion of the Imperial Government? Since in this particular case there is a specified timeframe, would that determine the answers to these questions?
2. Nobles may appoint their own emissaries (as per Landsraad Procedures H) and stewards (by what appears to be tradition and analogy to the position of the Steward of Shireroth), but is there precedent for nobles on declared LOA to have such individuals appointed on their behalf by the Imperial Government, if no such appointment had been made by the noble zirself?