Nobility Clearification Act: 3855

[Erik Mortis]

Lawbook: III. A.

Shall be changed from:

A: Requirements

1. Citizenship
a. A Noble of Shireroth must be a citizen of Shireroth.
b. A Noble of Shireroth shall not be a minor as defined by the Ministry of Immigration and Naturalization.

To

A: Requirements and Definitions

1. Citizenship Requirements
a. A Noble of Shireroth must be a citizen of Shireroth.
b. A Noble of Shireroth shall not be a minor as defined by the Ministry of Immigration and Naturalization.

2. Definition
a. The Kaiser, as outlined in the Imperial Charter, is the Supreme Noble of Shireroth and is thus considered a Noble.
b. A Duke is a Noble, below the rank of Kaiser.
c. A Lesser-Noble, without regard for particular title, is a Noble below the rank of Duke..
d. Those without the rank of Lesser-Noble, or higher, are not considered Nobles..

To help clear things up.

[Malliki Tosha]

Remove "for purposes of Imperial Law and the Landsraad". Superfluous.

[Erik Mortis]

Maybe, but it sounded better to me.

[Malliki Tosha]

It sounds fancy, but doesn't really say much, and opens the field for misinterpretations.

"Oh, wait, does this mean that a duke is not a Noble in his subdivision?"

[Erik Mortis]

Fair enough. Fixed.

[Malliki Tosha]

2 b. too.

[Eldwood]

Nobility Clearification Act
Voting Opened : 3855 ASC — 9:00 PM EST
Voting Closes : 3859 ASC — 9:00 PM EST

Would all voting Nobles please either cast a non-ambiguous vote AYE to support the implementation of this Bill or NAY if they not in agreement with the content of the Bill. You may also ABSTAIN.

AYE —
NAY —
Abstain — Elwynn, Yardistan, Straylight, Kildare, GoldenBrook

This Bill is now open for Voting.

[Malliki Tosha]

Shouldn't it be "Voting opened" and "Voting closes"?

[Eldwood]

eek

[Allot]

***treads lightly***
Um... what exactly does this change?
**Calls 1-800-SASSBUSTERS. They remove all sass from the following sentence.** Can someone explain how this fixes the situation?
*****cringes*****

[Eldwood]

Because there would be no more ambiguity surrounding what exactly a "noble" constitutes. Right now Lesser-Nobles are not clearly "nobles" but rather their own classification. This would make it 100% clear.

[Allot]

Oh, ok. That makes sense. The jury is still out on that Charter amendment then?

[Eldwood]

Yurs.

[Erik Mortis]

I would not give high probability to any amendments under this Kaisership. Charter Amendment happen rarely. We haven't had one in a year. You'd need the Kaiser, Praetor and Arbiter all in agreement about the amendment too.

And I personally don't think a full on amendment is needed.

But yes, this bill is simply to try to clear things up.

[Eldwood]

With no votes cast this bill shall be archived and reopened.