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Originally Posted by Shoonra by hearsay
Since everyone is suddenly so keen on the canons of statutory construction, I'm surprised that nobody remembers one of the most basic rules: Words in common usage are generally interpreted according to their common meaning, not some arcane meaning (i.e. the meaning in ordinary dictionaries, not law dictionaries), unless there is a strong indication that something else is intended.
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This is exactly the kind of misdirection that keeps Shoonra on my Ignore List. She comes up with a maxim and it is quite contrary to the collections process.
I utilized a mixture of the definitions found in the
Colorado Revised Statutes for
Vehicle (non-commercial) and
Motor Vehicle (commercial) but had to resort to common definitions in law dictionaries for
common carrier and
commercial carrier to prove a motorcycle was not required to have current registration in commerce. So that there would be no objection, I notified the witness, DA and traffic court of the definitions and questions quite specifically weeks before I was in trial with the witness on the stand.
The moment I began to depend on the definitions outside the C.R.S. the prosecutor objected and the attorney in the black robe sustained the objection. Then the
judge would not let me resort to the C.R.S. for definition. She would not grant a recess for me to go downstairs into the law library and she would not loan me her copy there on the bench. My plan to get the facts on the record for the appeal failed because I was depending on trash like Shoonra is spouting.
I warn you all not to listen to Shoonra parrot the collections procedures of the Bank and Fund to you. She is quite trained in the attornment misdirection and words of art. You are best off to put her on your Ignore List as well as exercise your right to avoid courts that have no jurisdiction.
Regards,
David Merrill.