[MR] Re: [AtlantianHeralds] Triton Speaks on the GoA of the OHM

[David W. James]

On Tuesday, April 22, 2003, at 05:45 PM, Michael Houghton wrote:
> I think that the Patent of Arms and the Order of the Laurel, while
> simultaneous
> in bestowal, are separable. Resigning from the Order should not, per
> se, mean
> resigning the Patent of Arms.

I don't think so.  Several years ago a case in Meridies prompted the
Board to rule that the Crown cannot give a 'naked' Patent.  If my
memory of the case is correct, no one even tried to argue that the
Crown could because of the reasoning you are using here (working
backwards, as it were, from the actual problem, but still a related
case.)  I am pretty sure that the ruling is available, if you would
like to check the exact wording.

But if you can only give a patent with an award, then I don't see how
they could be separable after the fact any more than before.

David/Kwellend-Njal