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Re: Klingon WOTD: qeD (v)

Eric Zay ([email protected])

• From: Eric Zay <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: qeD (v)
• Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:17:49 -0700 (PDT)
• In-reply-to: <[email protected]>

QeS lagh <[email protected]> wrote: 
ghItlhpu' Quvar:
>A contract can also be vacated.

Makes sense; it's probably derived from the original meaning. If you vacate 
something, you get out of it - it applies to contracts as well, I'd guess.

ghItlhpu' Voragh:
>{qIl} "cancel" or even {ghang} "end (an event) prematurely" - that is, if a 
>legal contract can be considered a sort of event. A "contractual 
>relationship" perhaps?

>I wouldn't have a problem with {rom ghang} "he ends the accord prematurely".

>For contracts we have {mab} "treaty" and {rom} "accord", which of course 
>brings up the verb {qI'} "sign (a treaty)".

>While I doubt that it's canon, {qI'Ha'} could also mean "to vacate a 
>contract" IMHO. To get into a contract, you {qI'}; to get out of a 
>previously signed contract, you might be able to {qI'Ha'}. Any thoughts?

I would not assume that.  "qI'" refers narrowly to the act of signing.  Placing ones signature on the paper (or data padd as the case may be).  The first thing I think of when I hear "qI'Ha'" is erasing the signature.  If an individual breaks a contract, or a government pulls out of a treaty, they don't physically erase the signature on the document.

SuSvaj



		
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