Educational glossary. Short definitions as used on this site. Not a statute dictionary. Not legal advice.
Use this page as a map. Each term links to deeper study where it exists.
- Autograph
- In this study: the living hand’s mark, distinguished from a commercial “signature” that may bind a legal person. See With the Autograph.
- Common law
- Here: the law of the land for living people—custom, conscience, peer judgment, remedy for harm—contrasted with pure statute administration. See The Law vs Statutes and Law and Legislation.
- Consent
- Informed, willing agreement. Without it, many study traditions say jurisdiction over the living does not attach. See Your Consent.
- De facto
- “In practice” or “in fact”—often used for administrative or working arrangements that may lack full de jure standing in a writer’s framing.
- De jure
- “In law”—full lawful standing of a court or office under the law of the land, as opposed to mere administrative process.
- Joinder / enjoinder
- Becoming one with a legal person or case so that obligations of the fiction attach to the living. See Meet Your Straw Man.
- Jurisdiction
- Power to decide and the proper sphere of that power (subject matter, person, territory). No jurisdiction, no valid process in this educational framing. See Jurisdiction Is the Key.
- Lawful vs legal
- Lawful tracks the law of the land; legal often tracks legislation and codes for persons and franchises. They are not synonyms. See Law and Legislation.
- Legislation / statute
- Acts, rules, and regulations of a legislature or similar body—often given “force of law” only by consent of the governed in classic definitions. Not identical to common law.
- Living man / woman
- Flesh-and-blood human being with unalienable rights—not the paper persona. See Your Living Identity.
- Person (legal)
- An artificial or juristic entity the law treats as having rights and duties—not your body. See What Is a “Person”?.
- Presentment
- A claim, bill, ticket, or demand presented for acceptance or response. See Noticing Presentments.
- Private capacity
- Standing as a living man or woman on the land, outside the role of state-created person. See Crossing The Line.
- Public capacity
- Acting as or through a legal person under state/administrative process—privileges and duties of the franchise.
- Rebut the presumption
- Challenging the assumption that you are only the legal NAME or that jurisdiction is already proven. See Rebut the Presumption.
- Straw man
- Educational term for the all-caps paper twin / legal fiction often linked to birth registration and commerce. See Meet Your Straw Man.
- Surety
- One who answers for another’s debt or performance—here, often the living treated as guarantor of the person.
- Unalienable / inalienable rights
- Rights inherent in the living, not grants of the state. See Unalienable Rights and Your Inalienable Rights.