[PLUG-TALK] Fair Use, etc.
J.A.Henshaw
jhenshaw at dsl-only.net
Sat Mar 30 08:55:32 UTC 2002
Russ Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-03-29 at 16:06, J.A. Henshaw wrote:
>
>>Can you elect to NOT recieve those services?
>>
>>No, you can't.
>>
>
> Yes, you can. Live outside the service district.
>
> There are areas in Lane County, just outside Springfield that are not
> serviced by the local fire department. Big todo about it several years
> back. It seems that someones house burned to the ground because the fire
> department couldn't (legally) fight the fire. Since we no longer have
> fire brigades, they lost their house. Guess what? Insurance then decided
> it wasn't covered, because there was no fire protection in the area.
>
> Seems to me everyone is better off WITH the fire/police/ambulance
> protection.
>
>
>>Unless you get your land in allodium.
>>
>
> Sorry, that words not in my dictionary, and my spell checker says it's
> misspelled.
Allodium (Page: 41)
Al*lo"di*um (#), n. [LL. allodium, alodium, alodis, alaudis,
of Ger. origin; cf. OHG. al all, and t (AS. eād)
possession, property. It means, therefore, entirely one's
property.] (Law) Freehold estate; land which is the absolute
property of the owner; real estate held in absolute
independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or
acknowledgment to a superior. It is thus opposed to feud.
Blackstone. Bouvier.
Webster Dictionary, 1913
You mean it's not in the CURRENT dictionary?
hrm
;)
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