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"In Anglo Saxon parlence (that vulger language)..."

Vulgar? Heavens no! It is a wonderful repository of Old French.

"Assis près de Calais dessous les lames bretonnes
Je regarde arriver les vagues anglo-saxonnes
Tous mes mots vieux français éclatent et bouillonnent."
- Balavoine

[Seated near Calais beneath the Breton eaves
I watch the waves of anglo-saxons come
and all my words of old french bubble up and boil]

Frog language dominates so many legal terms in English, because the Norman invaders who made impure the gleam of the pure English language in the Churchillian eye (his famous speech against Hitler, about we will defend the hills, etc, was deliberately composed of Frog free words, except for the last word, "surrender" as in we will never "surrender"). That is because the Normans ran the traps when it came to the law when in power, before they merged into the irresistible English landscape.

We in the Guild even have the Parisian French "guarantee," and the Norman French "guaranty." Most American lawyers don't know why we have two seemingly redundant Frog words for the same concept, but I know. I know, because this kind of trivia interests me - these gleaming little word toys of history, or etymology, or whatever the fancy term for it is.

I think you fail to comprehend the full situation on this issue and your American investments will suffer as a result.

300 million Americans just had the 'American dream' of owning and preserving their property taken from them. Their protections have been stripped away and the Supreme Court specifically condoned the removal of their property protections by other investors or the government so long as the government is compensated. So, how much is any real estate investment worth in America if it can be taken by government fiat without the consent of the seller or fair market compensation?

Canada now has stronger real property rights than America. Why then would anyone invest in America if property can be taken without consent or market compensation? Private property is the foundation of private enterprise. Without any protection against seizure by competitors all real estate property in America is greatly devalued versus the rest of the world. Other countries which provide greater security for private property are sounder investments than America. Their economies will attract future investments and will prosper. America's will not.