On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 11:37:00AM -0500, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:

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> On Saturday 01 September 2007 17:49, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:

> >On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 04:40:53PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote:

> >> > Most dictionaries I had at my hand define alternative as choices.

> >> > You can get http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alternative

> >>

> >> Wow.  Let's all go practice law with a dictionary.

> >

> >? But you mentioned dictionaries first...

>

> You do realize that when it comes to legal documents, such as licenses,

> that general-purpose dictionaries are inadequate, right? If you want to

> look up legal terms, you need a law dictionary.

>

> I think that if one is ignorant enough of law that one needs to consult

> a legal dictionary for more than one or two terms in order to

> understand a document, then perhaps it would be best to either do a lot

> of studying to become more knowledgeable, or find someone with more

> legal training to interpret the document. As a layperson with little

> in-depth knowledge of legal code, that's how i see things anyway.

I think that if *alternative* means both at the same time in any reputable

dictionary (legal or not), then I'm on a parallel reality for sure.
Other than that, you're just being pretentious.
Rui
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