[ANSTHRLD] Conflict Check - Purpure Dragon

[Tim McDaniel]

On Wed, 29 Jun 2011, Kevinkeary <kevinkeary at aol.com> wrote:
> But as to the second, I had understood that one primary in a group
> of three is 'half' the primary group.

Not so.

I explained in a note just a few minutes ago why it doesn't apply to
this case of adding or removing charges in a primary charge group.

But for other, more general, cases, for the meaning of "half", check
the CoA Glossary of Terms, <http://heraldry.sca.org/coagloss.html>

     Half.

     Many of the Rules for Submission concerning armorial difference
     discuss change to half a charge group. For the purposes of
     counting armorial difference, half is usually defined in the
     mathematical sense. However, in certain circumstances, half may be
     defined differently, as indicated by precedent. Some of these
     circumstances are:

     * The bottommost of three charges arranged two and one, either
       alone on the field or surrounding a central ordinary such as a
       fess or chevron, is defined as half of that charge
       group. However, no more than one difference may be obtained by
       making changes to that bottommost charge.

       [That's the Bottommost of Three precedent.  Note the
       restrictions: alone on the field or surrounding a central
       ordinary, three charges arranged two and one (NOTE: it has been
       explicitly ruled that it does NOT apply to arrangement one and
       two), bottommost only, no more than one CD regardless of how
       many changes. -- DdL]

     * The two portions of a field divided per chevron or per chevron
       inverted are each considered half for determining difference of
       the field.

Hmmm, the Obscure Precedent of Halfness isn't there.
http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/1991/11/cvr.html : Group Theory:

       ... we are adopting Lady Dolphin's (now Lady Crescent)
       suggestion of allowing two changes to the minority of a group
       (i.e., the "lesser" half of a group of charges lying on either
       side of a line of field division or an ordinary) being
       sufficient for a Clear Difference. For example, "Per bend
       sinister sable and Or, a decrescent moon Or and three fir trees
       proper" would be allowed two CDs from "Per bend sinister azure
       and argent, a bear's head argent and three fir trees vert" with
       one CD for the field and another for the two changes to the
       charge in dexter chief.

Again note the tight restrictions.  This one doesn't get used much.

Other than those cases, one out of three ain't nothin'.

Except in the upcoming Newer Rules, which will loosen things up quite
a bit if enacted like the current draft.

Danel de Lincoln
-- 
Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com