[ANSTHRLD] Okay I'm a little confused now.
kobrien at texas.net
kobrien at texas.net
Wed Oct 11 10:46:17 PDT 2006
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
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