ANST - Deficiency in Ansteorran Law? (was: Jafar'

[tbuxton at goedel.cc.colorado.edu]

Outlands Kingdom law appears to cover this situation, but to do so in the
Ansteorran gentleman's expected fashion:

IV. Succession of the Crown
G. If the prospective Sovereign shall abdicate or be disqualified, the
Crown shall call a new Crown Tournament as soon as one may reasonably and
legally be announced and published in the Kingdom newsletter. This shall
determine a new couple to be invested as Crown Prince and Princess at the
court following the lists. The abdicated/disqualified prospective
Sovereign may not participate in this tournament. If the prospective
Consort shall abdicate or be disqualified, the prospective or new
Sovereign shall choose a new Consort who meets the qualifications as
stated in Section III.D.
(from http://members.iex.net/~norseman/outlands/outlaw96.html#IV )

Kingdom law indicates that if the Sovereign cannot complete the reign, the
Consort becomes Sovereign (and selects a new Consort), and the Earl
Marshall supervises the field.

However, the only thing it says about a Crown Prince(ss) being unable to
become Sovereign is the above.
I do not know if "abdicate or be disqualified" would apply to the current
situation in the Middle, however.

Timothy O'Brien




On Sun, 28 Dec 1997 ansteorra at ansteorra.org wrote:

> -------------< COMMENTS BY Gryphon >--------------
>
> Does Outlands Kingdom Law cover a similar situation?
>
>                             Prydwen
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> ----------< END OF COMMENTS BY Gryphon >----------
>
> Galen here.
>
> My condolences to the family and friends of Scott Hall, aka HRH Jafar,
> on his tragic death.
>
> But I noticed something I found curious in the announcement.
>
> > Her Highness will need even more
> > support over the next few weeks and months leading up to Her Coronation.
> > Jafar asked Us, should anything happen to him, to do everything We can to see
> > Kenna through Her Reign. We now ask you to help Us fulfill His wishes.
>
> His Crown Princess, HRH Kenna, will be crowned and will rule alone as
> Queen of the Middle.  I was quite surprised; I had expected that the
> Crown Tourney would be re-fought.  But I checked Midrealm Law and lo,
> it specifies that when either the Crown Prince or Princess can't
> fulfill their duties, the other continues alone.
>
> I checked Ansteorran Law and found that this contingency, a Crown
> Prince or Princess unable or unwilling to begin, much less complete,
> the reign, isn't covered.  Do we re-fight the tourney?  Does the
> remaining one continue alone?  It doesn't say, except in the case
> in which one of them wasn't properly a member when Crown Tourney
> was fought (then, we re-fight the Crown Tourney).
>
> I don't much care which way we go, but it should be covered
> it law.  Burke?  Artorius?  Does the new law address this?
> If not, do you agree that it should?
>
> - Galen of Bristol
> pmitchel at flash.net
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