[ANSTHRLD] Okay I'm a little confused now.

[kobrien at texas.net]

Quoting Robert Wade <logiosophia at yahoo.com>:

> You can use this Rule to justify part (an "element") of a name but not the
> entire name.
>    
>   For example, my legal name is Robert Leslie Wade.  I can submit use the
> Rule to justify "Leslie" when submitting "Leslie of London" (Assuming I
> have documentation for "of London", but can no fid documentation).  I can
> not use it to submit "Robert Leslie Wade" (My full legal name).

Actually, this is a perfect example of one of the caveats - something that's 
not registerable.

Middle names are judged by type.  A person's middle name may be a given name 
or a surname.  It is only registerable as that type of item in an SCA name.

In the example above, if I'm remembering correctly, the name Leslie 
originated as a placename (in Scotland, if I remember correctly).

So, <Leslie> would not be registerable as a given name in an SCA name using 
the Legal Name Allowance and a legal name of <Robert Leslie Wade>.  You could 
do <Robert de Leslie> or <Robert of Leslie> for an SCA name, though.

However, if someone's legal name was <Leslie Robert Wade>, with <Leslie> in 
the first name position, then you would be able to register <Leslie of 
London> using the Legal Name Allowance.

More general info in a bit,

Mari