Self Evident Truths: Day 3

I know I promised to walk you through some definitions today, but I have been having issues with the list I originally created.  I guess I had a human frailty moment.

In fact, it took me so long to get back because I have been going over all sorts of words found in law.  One word led to another and to another and it turns out that INCLUDES is the most important word I've found that isn't defined in ordinary speech the way it is in the legal system.  To your average citizen, includes means, well... to contain - in a way.

Example:

This crate of fruit includes apples.

The average citizen would assume that although there are apples in the fruit crate, there may be oranges, bananas or tomatoes too, one wouldn't presume to know.  In the legal system, however, includes means "to the exclusion of all others".  Now wait a minute... if you use includes you are saying that there is nothing else in the fruit crate BUT apples.  THAT is a big difference!

Now it also goes on to qualify that if it says "and includes" or "including" that this leaves the word open to more.  So our example for this would be:

"This is a crate of fruit including apples"

This means that although there will be apples in the crate, it is anyone's guess what else may be in there now.  If you read an act - and I have read several in this journey - many list definitions of "person" as "includes a corporation" which from what we've discovered means at the exclusion of all else.  Therefore, those acts don't mean me and my friends when it talks of a person, it means a corporation.  The only problem with that is that corporations can't drive cars, fill out forms or do anything because they are not beings.  So why would so many acts include corporations if the corporation can't actually perform any functions?

From what I can find, it looks like the people that make up the corporation do things, but the corporation is the one liable.  It also looks like this can't apply to me.  Maybe these Freemen are on to something...

Don't worry I'll keep up the legwork for you and report in on what I find.  I want to make sure I am thorough, I'd hate to get something this big wrong.  If the Freemen are right, then we've been deceived and enslaved by our own democratic government...by public servants!  By our servants!  That's like if our maid is calling all the shots in our own home!  If they are wrong, then maybe one of them will find this blog and read where they went wrong, hopefully we can stop them from fighting with the cops and tying up the courts...right?