From: merriman@metronet.com (David K. Merriman)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 94 18:05:09 PDT
To: Blanc Weber <blancw@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: PRIVACY REGULATIONS (A Matter of Form)
Message-ID: <199409160103.AA19490@metronet.com>
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>From: Duncan Frissell
>
>	>> Can't you free yourself from jail with a writ of habeas corpus ad
>	>> subjiciendum from John Doe?
>	>
>	>But you have to know how to write one.
>	>
>	>brad
>	>
>
>But if you proceed "in forma pauperis" you don't need to know how to write one.
>.............................................................................
>
>Must a person carry around a legal dictionary in order to have all the 
>right terms to use just in case they are put in jail and to need to 
>select the proper procedure?
>
>(What shall it be:  habeas corpus?
"produce (release?) the body"

subjuciendum? 
"Show why" (????)

forma pauperis?
"that's not my regular job" (????)

Now you know _part_ of the reason lawyers get away with charging a bazillion
dollars an hour.

That's okay, though, 'cause most lawyers probably think a hash is either
fried potatoes or involves corned (or roast) beef :-)
It's a matter of the lingua franca of the profession. :->

Dave Merriman
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