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Shall is an ambiguous word, legally. It can mean either

Posted on: September 12, 2022 at 22:17:22 CT
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may or must depending on context.

The legal community is phasing out the use of shall due to the ambiguity
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Don's lawyers argued in filing today that while federal law - raskolnikov MU - 9/12 22:01:49
     In fairness, that shows the general lack of defenses ... - Gyro STL - 9/13 08:40:27
     RE: Don's lawyers argued in filing today that while federal law - MOCO SON MU - 9/13 08:38:48
     Who gave Hunter a check yesterday? (nm) - Outsider MU - 9/13 07:37:51
     RE: Don's lawyers argued in filing today that while federal law - scan MU - 9/13 07:27:16
     The Constitution trumps Federal law. The SC has ruled the - BH O'bonga MU - 9/13 06:17:47
          the Constitution is federal law - pickle MU - 9/13 07:14:26
               Constitution is federal law: If you don't understand the - BH O'bonga MU - 9/13 08:05:22
     What does “shall not be infringed” mean?(nm) - El-ahrairah BAMA - 9/13 05:07:12
     SCOTUS disagrees with you. “Shall” sometimes = “May” - Spanky KU - 9/12 22:11:12
          Shall is still used correctly in some (all?) Military regs - tigerfans3 MSSU - 9/13 07:19:37
          Incorrect. If a law maker meant "may" he writes "may", - raskolnikov MU - 9/12 22:13:50
               "Shall not be infringed" - Bulldog Bob Brown STL - 9/13 06:23:28
                    Of course(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 9/13 06:42:12
                         Then why do you support so many infringements - ummmm MU - 9/13 06:46:47
                              Amendments can be amended, that's why(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 9/13 07:35:13
                                   It hasn't been amended though. (nm) - ummmm MU - 9/13 08:17:20
                         Excellent. Nice to see you come around to freedom - Bulldog Bob Brown STL - 9/13 06:46:08
                              Boom - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 9/13 06:56:04
               Educate yourself. I gave you the tools - Spanky KU - 9/12 22:41:37
               Shall is an ambiguous word, legally. It can mean either - TigerJackSwartz MU - 9/12 22:17:22
                    Using a word incorrectly does not make it ambiguous - tigerfans3 MSSU - 9/13 07:22:23
                    He doesn’t understand - Spanky KU - 9/12 22:43:11
     WGAF, you Commie fvck? - jonesin - 9/12 22:03:54
          Legal counsel for your hero FILES argument opposed to - raskolnikov MU - 9/12 22:06:34
               Educate yourself, dumb@$$ - Spanky KU - 9/12 22:51:44
               Go kill a baby and suck a BBC, boy - jonesin - 9/12 22:07:35
                    I oppose abortion friend, but "BBC" does that excite you?(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 9/12 22:10:22
                         You rotten Bastards do excite me. - jonesin - 9/12 22:16:06




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