[Spunky]

Hey longwalled, Cboldt already got me at posting #240 where he says; SHALL is mandatory language, under the law.

I was reading my home pocket dictionary. I now understand its no good when it comes to law language. :-)

[Longwalled Newbie]

I hadn't read all the way through this lon-n-ng thread before posting. And I know what you mean about home dictionaries--pocket or otherwise. They're not very helpful when it comes to defining or understanding "legal" terms. Shoot! Lawyers can argue endlessly about what this, that, or the other word really means . . . or should that be "really means"? [**shrug**]

I mean: For instance: Take the word "stream". I know some coal industry lawyers who, after four decades of arguing in one case or another in one Court or another, still can't figure out what a "stream" is! [tsk!]

Don't let on that I told you so, Spunky; but, in my opinion, some lawyers spend wa-a-ay too many hours on the upper-floor of that glass-enclosed, high-rise office building of theirs!

Have a nice day! ;-}