On Tue, 3 Mar 2009, Elliott Hird wrote: > 2009/3/3 Ed Murphy <[email protected]>: >> CFJ: Murphy's daughter Victoria is a person. >> >> Caller's arguments: >> >> Victoria is five years old, with the typical physical and mental >> capabilities thereof. Obviously she meets the ordinary-language >> definition; this case pertains to the Rule 2150 definition. >> >> In particular, she could communicate via e-mail with adult assistance, >> but probably not without. She can also communicate in complete English >> sentences, but probably not with much of any specific understanding of >> what type of game Nomic is. > > TRUE, because communicating w/ an aid is indistinguishable from > communicating in general.
The relevant question here isn't whether she can communicate, but whether she can understand well enough to be her own legal person (e.g. it might rely on being able to communicate consent, etc.). Something of the sort came up around CFJ 1856; following that attempted registration, someone (I forget who) tried to register on behalf of their (then) 3-year old. -G.
