BARRISTER ELLERIAN: We have already established that you were indeed attacked and severely injured, citizen Hlarsis. Would you still recognize the assailant?
M. HLARSIS: Yes, yes--of course! He's sitting right over there.
BARRISTER ELLERIAN: Let the scribe's record show that the claimant is pointing towards the defendant. So, citizen Alju-Deekus of Lilmoth is the one who attacked you?
M. HLARSIS: Yes.
BARRISTER ELLERIAN: He's the one who knocked you violently to the ground, correct?
M. HLARSIS: Yes.
BARRISTER ELLERIAN: And repeatedly hit you with a braided whip resulting in severe pain, emotional anguish and the permanent loss of vision in your left eye?
M. HLARSIS: Yes! Yes!
BARRISTER ELLERIAN: And where, I wonder, did he acquire this braided whip?
M. HLARSIS: Err... ahem...
JUSTICE BELISATHA MEDE: Answer the question.
BARRISTER ELLERIAN: No matter, your honor. Let's try another question. How would you describe your relationship with the defendant?
M. HLARSIS: Swollen-Skink worked on my plantation.
BARRISTER ELLERIAN: Please refer to the defendant as either 'the defendant' or by the official translitteration of his name. So, he was a hired farmhand, is that what you mean?
M. HLARSIS: No, he was a slave.
BARRISTER ELLERIAN: I see. So would you say that you owned the defendant? That he was your property?
M. HLARSIS: Yes.
BARRISTER ELLERIAN: Your 'property'. That is interesting. Would you be so kind, citizen Hlarsis, as to remind me what are you accusing the defendant of?
M. HLARSIS: Attempted mer-slaughter and assault.
BARRISTER ELLERIAN: Very good. And do you happen to know what the Imperial law states about 'property' assaulting or attempting to slaughter its owner?
M. HLARSIS: Errrr... I don't...
BARRISTER ELLERIAN: The right answer is: nothing. The law forbids free citizens from hurting one another, but not a single written word mentions violent crime committed by property. So, given the fact that at least during the time of the incident the defendant was considered 'property' and not a 'citizen', there is no case to be made against him.
M. HLARSIS: But he attacked me! There are witnesses!
BARRISTER ELLERIAN: Oh. Well, if that is the truth, then the defendant couldn't possibly be your property, could he? Make up your mind, citizen Hlarsis. Either you acknowledge that the defendant--Alju-Deekus--is a free citizen of the Empire, or you can't legally charge him with anything and this court must rule him innocent of all crimes.
M. HLARSIS: What? Who do you think you are, you western fetcher? You can't trick me out of owning a slave, nor can you keep me from punishing him... [Dark Elven vulgarities] You're dead, Swollen-Skink! Dead, you hear!
JUSTICE BELISATHA MEDE: Order! Order! Enough, citizen Hlarsis, or I will have you jailed. I think this is enough for one day. The court adjourns for tomorrow.
BOOK NAME TR_sc_i3-270-Imp_Note3 MODL m\Text_Note_02.nif FNAM Note from Gnaea BKDT = ITEX m\Tx_note_02.tga TEXT&
Marsh-Demon-At-Her-Elbow,
I thought you might want to read this. Worst piece of Dark Elven propaganda I've ever seen.
Figured we need to write and publish a counter when we've got the time.
--GnaeaBOOKU NAME TR_bk_i3-720-Imp_Charter MODL m\Text_Octavo_03.NIF FNAM Barristers Guild Charter BKDT @@ ITEX m\Tx_octavo_03.tga TEXT
Imperial Charter of the Guild of Barristers
I. Purpose
The Guild of Fighters provides employment to educated solicitors and scholars of law and contracts to local citizens. Citizens may contract with the Guild for legal advice as well as prosecution or defence for criminal proceedings.
II. Authority
The Guild of Barristers was established under the section 15 of the "Guilds Act," and this charter was first confirmed under the Potentate Versidue-Shaie in the 321st year of the Second Era.
III. Rules and Procedures
See: "The Niben-Colovian Code" (volumes I-XXVII from the Imperial College Press) and "The Marginal Edicts of the Akaviri Potentates" (all twelve scrolls, including the three lost ones). (
IV. Membership Requirements
The Guild selects candidates who have studied in the Imperial College of Divine and Secular Law for a minimum of three years. Students from other accredited schools of law may be accepted provided that they pass an exam on the Imperial law, with the exception of the Thrassian Coral College of Ethics whose students are put to the sword instead.
V. Applications for Membership
Candidates must present themselves to the Chief Pontiff of Law in the Imperial City for examination and approval.
ATTACHMENT A: Barristers Guild Offices in Mournhold District, Province of Morrowind
The provincial head office of the Guild is located in the city of Ebonheart-on-Mainland. The office in Almalexia is established under lease from the Indoril Council.
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