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class=077332913-20062003>Hola!</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN stationery_tag_mark><SPAN class=077332913-20062003>I've been sitting
here and reading (and re-reading) the paragraph that's in
question:</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN stationery_tag_mark><SPAN class=077332913-20062003>"The witnessing
marshal must be explicitly authorized to perform this<BR>function by the Earl
Marshal of the kingdom. The marshal who authorizes<BR>a minor person for any
form of SCA combat-related activity must be the<BR>Kingdom Earl Marshal or the
Principality Marshal. This need not be the<BR>same person as the witnessing
marshal."</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN stationery_tag_mark><SPAN class=077332913-20062003>The way I am
reading this mumbo jumbo (otherwise known as legal jargon..hehe) is that
it is reiterating what we do here now in the Kingdom (and correct me if I'm
wrong)....Ie.. The authorizing marshall signs off a kiddo, but the Kingdom Earl
Marshall has the final say so. </SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN stationery_tag_mark><SPAN class=077332913-20062003>The reason I'm
thinking this is that it states "marshal who authorizes a minor person... must
be the<BR>Kingdom Earl Marshal", but then it goes on to say that this person
"need not be the same person as the witnessing marshal" and that "the witnessing
marshal must be explicitly authorized to perform this function by the Earl
Marshal".</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN stationery_tag_mark><SPAN class=077332913-20062003>From my experiance
of reading laws and court cases, you sometimes have to rearrange the sentances
to make it make sense...I hope this helps. I might be wrong, but this is
how I read it.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN stationery_tag_mark><SPAN
class=077332913-20062003>Maria</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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