TMAL Law

[PoorManQ45]

Interesting conjecture, that's what you're reading!

Thoughts?

[IBCoupe]

I don't think that there's any legal significance to be drawn from the format of legal documents, but I encourage you to test your theories.

[stebo0728]

Moonie thread? The planar essence of confusion at play?

[PoorManQ45]

I don't think that there's any legal significance to be drawn from the format of legal documents, but I encourage you to test your theories.

Did you read through the document I posted?

It's interesting that everything that could be found says that the name should be Capital first letter and the rest lower case.

[IBCoupe]

And I still don't think the capitalization matters.

[PoorManQ45]

And I still don't think the capitalization matters.

The whole point is trying to figure out why the names are capitalized.

There is no precedent to capitalize the whole name of an individual person. The only thing found for capitalized complete names is for corporations.

[stebo0728]

Well, in a world where a speeding ticket can be thrown out because the trooper wasn't wearing his hat on the stop, I'd say mundane stupid technicalities do sometimes rule the day.

[IBCoupe]

And I still don't think the capitalization matters.

The whole point is trying to figure out why the names are capitalized.

There is no precedent to capitalize the whole name of an individual person. The only thing found for capitalized complete names is for corporations.

Clarity: It's much easier to spot a name and understand who's involved when the name is set apart from the rest of the document. Lawyers and court officials are going to skim whenever possible, because it's not very efficient to waste your time figuring out who's involved in the lawsuit when you could be analyzing and researching the claim and its justifications.

[Encryptshun]

Does anyone here have any information on why you are addressed in all caps on debt bills and court documents?

In the private sector, at least, upper case is a standard for names in customer and vendor master records. There are several reasons for this, mostly attributed to reduced possibility for letter confusion.

[szh]

And I still don't think the capitalization matters.

The whole point is trying to figure out why the names are capitalized.

Why? What difference does it make?

For me, capitalizing personal names could be (a) to make them stand out in text more easily, (b) increase respect for the person's name - sorta like "God" is different from "god" (and, no, I am not implying deification for the person, so don't go there!), etc.

I guess it is good you don't speak German, by the way. Ever look at how many words (not just names) are "initial letter capitalized" in written German text?

There is no precedent to capitalize the whole name of an individual person. The only thing found for capitalized complete names is for corporations.

Again, what difference does it make? There are companies that chose lower-case for their names ... particularly in logo's.

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[szh]

My reaction after wasting time reading the stuff:

http://www.quotations.me.uk/famous-idio ... -idiom.htm

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